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Like a River
Like a River: Finding the Faith and Strength to Move Forward after Loss and Heartache | Granger Smith
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New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Publishers Weekly, ECPA Bestseller 'Country music artist Smith debuts with a sensitive and moving recollection of his path through grief. . .In stark, intimate prose, the author candidly renders the realities of suffering while articulating a moving message of renewal. Those seeking a faith-based path through grief will find this instructive and affecting.' -- Publishers Weekly Like a River, a triumphant story of new life birthed out of tragedy, will teach readers how to face their failures, confront their pain, and connect with Godthe true source of life. On June 4th, 2019, country music singer Granger Smith was enjoying a final evening with his kids before heading to Nashville for the CMT Music Awards and his next tour. While helping his daughter London with her gymnastics, his youngest son fell into their pool. Granger did everything he could to get to him, but he was too late. River drowned, and Granger's world shattered. The days, weeks, and months that followed River's death sent Granger on a dark and painful journey. Every time he closed his eyes, he replayed the horrific event in his mind, and every time he opened his computer, he was bombarded by the critique and criticism of people who blamed him for the accident. Despite his best effort to get back on stage with a smile and song, it was all a faade. On the inside he was dying. Fortunately, that's not how his story ended. And now he is compelled to help people all around the world find strength, peace, and hope on the other side of tragedy. Like a River, life is full of twists and turns. Like a River, people pollute our world with their critique and criticism. Like a River, tragic events keep us dammed up. But like a river, we can find the courage to keep moving downstream. Rivers don't run on their own strength; they flow from their source. When we try to keep going on our own, we won't make it, but when we connect to the greater source, we will find the strength and the faith to keep living after loss. This triumphant story of new life birthed out of death will inspire every reader to live Like a River.
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Since June 1, 2011, the day my grief journey started, I am incredibly interested in how people get through their loss. This was an incredibly moving read.

marleed Oh, I‘m sorry. I also read a pile of books on grief but for reasons a bit easier to come to terms with than yours. 11mo
Rissa1 @marleed I am learning that grief, for whatever reason, is still a terribly hard thing to deal with. 11mo
Rissa1 I feel like I should clarify. Why? Who knows, but I do. I held a baby for 1 hour and 19 minutes when he passed. Someone will say, " How can you grieve so long for someone who was here so little?" Someone else will say," I don't know how you go on." A mother said to me while she was grieving her miscarriage, " I am sorry it is nothing like what you went through." It is we both lost. I cannot understand every aspect of someones journey, but it is. 11mo
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Rissa1 We both lost. I know the feeling of loss. I cannot understand what it was like to miscarry. I cannot understand what it is like to lose your dream job, or a million other scenarios. But I know the feeling of loss. Now I am curious of how so many others got through. 11mo
TheBookHippie I‘ve been here, where you are. Grief is a journey. You are forever changed. It‘s like the waves of an ocean, sometimes you‘re okay, sometimes you ride the wave, sometimes the wave pummels you onto shore and throws you hard. Those times lessen as time goes. But it never leaves. Sending light. Tangible things help. Some ppl get little statues, some tattoo, some free journal. It‘s one moment at a time . ♥️ 10mo
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