“Sometimes bad things happen and you have to tell everyone; sometimes terrible things happen and everybody knows.”
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@ShyBookOwl
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“Sometimes bad things happen and you have to tell everyone; sometimes terrible things happen and everybody knows.”
#FirstLineFridays
@ShyBookOwl
I‘m posting one book a day from my massive collection. No description, no reason for why I want to read it.
#ABookADay2025
My dear Littens: I have joined the club that no one wants to join. Last Friday morning I found my husband unresponsive on the floor. Paramedics could not revive him, and they estimated that he had passed away sometime in the night.
I‘m stunned and heartbroken, but I‘m learning that I have an awesome support team that is stepping up for me.
I‘ll be here a little less for a while but will check in.
Here we are with friends in happier times.
bailedHe sent a text to his three best friends (who were in a car together), and because the driver replied, they crashed. And people blame him for it. That‘s what this book is about. Really. No thank you!
pickI lost my mom when I was 14 & I can‘t believe it took me this long to find this book. Full of wisdom about how grief stays with you and grows in different seasons of life, this book helped me so much. If you‘ve lost your mom, no matter how old you are, I would highly recommend this. There were so many moments that made me realize I was not alone.
“For the motherless daughter, depending on independence is not nearly as contradictory as it sounds.”
pickI finished this book in about 8 hours! I like how Joyce Magnin writes, and how she tells the story of her childhood, and what it was like in her family, when her brother went MIA. This story is relatable, and it kept me wanting to read more to find out what was going to happen.
#BookReview
pickMaking sense of the unimaginable, natural disasters, struggling with what can be real, remembering, enduring love, details, grief, survivor‘s guilt, haunting, rebuilding a life. Deraniyagala‘s family killed in 2004 tsunami in Sri Lanka. 2013
P198 “It still seems far-fetched, my story, even to me. Everyone vanishing an instant, me spinning out from that mud, what is this, some kind of myth? Even now I cannot mouth those words ‘They are all dead.‘“
pickReading this was hard since I just recently lost my dad.. BUT it drew me in right from the get go and I think that loosing my dad was part of the reason why. I felt the grief and anger Sidney felt-although for different reasons. When it got to the secrets of June, it hit home as well because I‘ve been there and so many loved ones have been as well. #abuse #death #manipulation #gaslight #LGBTQ+ #teens #love #loss #friends #family
It‘s poetry. A love letter. It‘s words to balm an aching soul, words that helped me survive. It‘s a story of magic and depth and grief. It‘s a topic we don‘t tolerate well enough.
I would be honored, to have a few poetry lovers and mothers pick this up. My audience is small but I hope it reaches those who need it. ✨
Saltwater by CordeliaGrey Oriana Allen
Available on Amazon
#poetry #grief #loss #motherhood #magic #ocean #author #love #saltwater
