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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
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The Empty Bedroom: The Story of One Women's Loss and Spiritual Renewal

The Empty Bedroom: The Story of One Women's Loss and Spiritual Renewal

Keshishyan, Grace
Jinbashian, Ishkhan
Antounian, Raffi

Paperback

Religion General Death & Dying

ISBN10: 0996772707
ISBN13: 9780996772709
Publisher: Grace Keshishyan
Published: Dec 3 2015
Pages: 58
Weight: 0.16
Height: 0.14 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English

The devastation of losing a child never quite goes away.No matter how many years separate us from the tragedy, the heartache always looms, often returning in waves, to crush and paralyze us once more. Yet at some point in the sustained nightmare of grappling with the sense of pointlessness that accompanies inconsolable grief, something seems to click faintly inside: ever so slowly, and at first with great hesitation, we seem to stumble on a source of strength to embrace another day, and to broaden our horizon in order to find a slightly, perhaps even significantly, recalibrated purpose in the special occasion that's life. This improbable breakthrough, this renewed daring to see life as a special gift worth celebrating, despite our ever-painful awareness that it was snatched away from our own child, may well be the key to a process of healing. Grief forces us to question our values, priorities, and goals. It compels us to reevaluate our lives. After my son's death, I was gripped by confusion and doubt. I began to question my faith and sought solitude, deliberately disconnecting myself from the world. I had locked myself in complete despair. I thought there was no way out.Yet what I could not possibly fathom in that depth of despair was the fact that the human spirit is malleable to an inconceivable degree, with a built-in survival mechanism which can not only help us cope with adversity, but enable us to perceive a given situation through a fresh lens, in effect empowering us to transform our reality.It took time...

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