{"product_id":"grieving-us-9781736505205","title":"Grieving Us","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhat happens to you when someone you love dies?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWho was that person or animal companion in your life?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLoss comes along. First it breaks your heart, then it stays.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eHow do you live with loss without losing yourself?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeath happens. It touches those you love and changes your world in unimagined ways. 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Written during the heart of the COVID-19 pandemic while helping her husband live with advanced heart failure, the book feels more like a conversation, full of candor and humility.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer life shaped by loss, beginning with the death of her two sisters in a house fire as a toddler, Kimberley went on to spend 25+ years as a philanthropic and end-of-life planning advisor. She's worked with incredibly diverse people looking for meaning after the loss of a spouse, partner, child, parent, sibling, friend, or beloved animal to illness, accident, suicide, or traumatic death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eGrieving Us\u003c\/em\u003e is an upbeat field guide for living your one-and-only, heart-broken-and-still-beautiful life.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVisit Kimberley at PoetOwl.com.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePittman-Schulz, Kimberley:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Kimberley is an award-winning poet, author, and speaker on death \u0026amp; loss and changing the world, or some corner of it, through philanthropy. 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