Please Be Patient, I'm Grieving: How to Care for and Support the Grieving Heart
By Gary Roe
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"After my wife died, people meant well; that didn't make them helpful. I wish I'd had this book to pass on to them."
– Cec Murphey, New York Times bestselling author of more than 130 books
People are hurting. Someone you know is grieving. Maybe that someone is you.
You wonder what to say, what to do. You want to help, but how?
If you're grieving, you wonder what's happening. How do you do this? Is what you're feeling and thinking normal? How long is this going to take? What's next? Perhaps you're even wondering who you are now.
People often feel misunderstood, judged, and even rejected during a time of loss. This makes matters more difficult for an already broken heart.
It doesn't have to be this way. It's time we took the grieving heart seriously.
Multi-award-winning author, speaker, and grief specialist Gary Roe is a trusted and compassionate voice in grief recovery who has been helping hurting people heal and grow for over three decades. He has walked with thousands of grieving hearts through the valley of loss. He has seen their pain and felt their anguish. He can help you better understand the grieving heart and what you can do to care for and support those who are hurting.
Hurting people need you. This book is their story, their plea for understanding and help.
Open your heart and listen. You'll be glad you did.
Gary Roe
Kevin Carey, founder of thegriefguide.org and Diamond Grief Groups, is a grief management specialist and hospice chaplain who has been a trusted voice in grief recovery with a message of hope and healing to wounded hearts for the past three decades. In addition to being a former mental health therapist and minister, Kevin brings a pastoral approach to bereaved individuals through the difficult seasons of life.
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Please Be Patient, I'm Grieving - Gary Roe
Other books by Gary Roe
Comfort for Grieving Hearts: Hope and Encouragement for Times of Loss
Teen Grief: Caring for the Grieving Teenage Hearts (Winner, 2018 Book Excellence Award)
Shattered: Surviving the Loss of a Child (2017 Best Book Awards Finalist)
Heartbroken: Healing from the Loss of a Spouse
(USA Best Book Awards Finalist, National Indie Excellence Book Awards Finalist)
Surviving the Holidays Without You: Navigating Grief During Special Seasons (2016 Book Excellence Award Finalist)
Saying Goodbye: Facing the Loss of a Loved One
(with Cecil Murphey)
Not Quite Healed: 40 Truths for Male Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse
(with Cecil Murphey)
(Lime Award Finalist for Excellence in Non-Fiction)
To Jen.
I’m delighted to be with you in this adventure of learning to grieve well so we can love well.
You are truly amazing.
Acknowledgments
Special thanks to Kathy Trim of TEAM Japan and Kelli Levey of Texas A&M for their expertise and assistance in editing and proofing this manuscript.
Thanks to hospice co-workers Kim Dafferner and Peggy Telg for their invaluable feedback and input.
Thanks to Hospice Brazos Valley President and CEO Dr. Craig Borchardt for his support and encouragement in developing resources to help grieving people recover, adjust, and heal.
Thanks to Glendon Haddix of Streetlight Graphics for bringing this manuscript to life with superb design and