TABLE OF CONTENTS

ABOUT DR WENDY SARKISSIAN (Post 1a)

LINKED TABLE OF CONTENTS (Post 1c)

DISCLAIMER (Post 3)

DEDICATION (Post 5)

PREFACE (Post 6)

WELCOME TO MY READER (Post 7)

MY INCOMPETENT HANDLING OF ROSS’S TRAGIC DEATH (Post 8)

WHY WE NEED THE COMFORT, SUPPORT AND GUIDANCE OF CONNECTION (Post 9)

LISTENING TO DR ALDA (Post 10)

PAM REFLECTS ON MOURNING IN AN EXTENDED GREEK FAMILY (Post 11)

MOURNING PRACTICES IN TIBETAN BUDDHISM AND JUDAISM (Post 12)

A SOCIAL SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR MOURNING PEOPLE LIKE ME (Post 13)

WHAT THIS BOOK IS ABOUT (Post 14)

WHAT’S INSIDE THIS BOOK (Post 15)

HOW TO READ THIS BOOK (Post 16)

 

BOOK 1: BAPTISM: LIFE WITH KARL (starts at Post 16a)

Poem “Baptism” (Post 17)

CHAPTER 1: LOSING KARL  (starts at Post 18)

CHAPTER 2: MY LIFE WITH KARL  (starts at Post 21)

CHAPTER 3: MY SEASONS OF LOSS  (Post 37)

Season 1: March and April 2016 Mourning After  (Post 38)

Season 2: May and June 2016 Marking Time I  (Post 39)

Season 3: June to August 2016 Leaving Our Life Behind  (Post 40)

Season 4: August 2016 to May 2017 Cozy, Familiar West End  (starts at Post 41)

Season 5: January to May 2016 Flooded Out (starts at Post 43)

Season 6: from 14 May 2017 Brave New Life/Soft Landing  (starts at Post 45)

 

BOOK 2: I DO HAVE THIS: HEALING GRIEF THROUGH STAYING CONNECTED  

CHAPTER 4: THE SECRETS OF STAYING CONNECTED   (starts at Post 47b)

CHAPTER 5: IS IT WISE TO STAY CONNECTED TO A DEPARTED LOVED ONE?  (starts at Post 48)

CHAPTER 6: THE RECONCILED SELF: A FOUR-PART MODEL FOR ACHIEVING YOUR RECONCILED SELF  (Post 52)

PART 1: INTRODUCING THE RECONCILED SELF  (starts at Post 53)

PART 2: STAYING CONNECTED: WHAT TO DO AND HOW TO DO IT  (starts at Post 55)

PART 3: HOW TO APPROACH THE GATEWAYS OF WISDOM ON OUR HEALING JOURNEY  (starts at Post 58)

CHAPTER 7: ACCEPTANCE   (starts at Post 68)

CHAPTER 8: GRATITUDE   (starts at Post 92)

CHAPTER 9: FORGIVENESS  (starts at Post 113)

CHAPTER 10: ENGAGEMENT: THE SACRED WORK OF SORROW   (starts at Post 130)

CHAPTER 11: CONCLUSIONS: LETTING GO OF MY OLD LIFE   (starts at Post 157)

EPILOGUE   (Post 161)

APPRECIATIONS (Post 162)