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Things I Wish I Knew Before My Mom Died
- Coping with Loss Every Day
- Narrated by: Janina Edwards, Myra Lucretia Taylor
- Length: 3 hrs and 27 mins
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Publisher's Summary
The grieving process: Ty Alexander of Gorgeous in Grey is one of the top bloggers today. She has a tremendous personal connection with her listeners. This is never more apparent than when she speaks about her mother. The pain of loss is universal. Yet, we all grieve differently.
For Alexander, the grieving process is one that she lives with day-to-day. Learning from her pain, Alexander connects with her listeners on a deeply emotional level in her debut audiobook Things I Wish I Knew before My Mom Died: Coping with Loss Every Day. From grief counseling to sharing insightful true stories, Alexander offers comfort, reassurance, and hope in the face of sorrow.
Coping with loss: In her early 20s reality smacked Ty in the face. She was ill-equipped to deal with the emotional and intellectual rollercoaster of dealing with her mom's illness. Through her own trial and error, she found a way to be a caregiver, patient advocate, researcher, and a grieving daughter. She wrote Things I Wish I Knew before My Mom Died: Coping with Loss Every Day to help others find the "best" way to cope and move on; however, one personally decides what that means.
Mourning and remembrance: In the chapters of this soul-touching audiobook, mourners will find meaning and wisdom in grieving and the love that will always remain. Each chapter is a study and lesson in coping with loss:
- Chapter 1: We've been duped, everyone dies!
- Chapter 2: When fragmented families grieve
- Chapter 3: The art of losing
- Chapter 4: The how of grieving
- Chapter 5: How to be obsessively grateful
- Chapter 6: Things every mother should tell her daughter
- Chapter 7: Dear Mommy
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- wendy lipine
- 20-06-2022
healing
loved it I really needed this, lost my mum just before Xmas 21 so this story helped
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- Anonymous User
- 13-02-2023
I wish I knew some of these
While listening to the book it made me regret not journaling after both my parents died. My dad’s been gone 21 years in 2023 and mum’s been gone 4 years. I miss her so much and wish I’d been able to chat to her more. She had rapid onset dementia and went from capable to 24/7 care in the click of fingers. No one knows what happened but possibly TIA of some kind. I wish I’d journaled our journey through the last 8 months. Would not have missed it for the world. Thank you for this book.
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- Anonymous User
- 22-06-2022
A comforting read during a challenging time
A practical guide with steps and phrases to help you sit with your grief.
I wasn't sure what to expect from this book however I felt validated and comforted in my grief. I lost my mum whilst working through this book and still found it helpful to finish.
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- Kellie Mc
- 12-01-2023
Enjoyed!
Decided to listen to this to give me some insight on what I will have to face one day in the future…so glad I did!
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- Anonymous User
- 23-06-2023
Life changing
Throughout this book I was so stunned with the similarities between the loss of the authors mother and my loss of mine. It’s like she held a mirror to my life and my grief. Finally I feel validated in my suffering and grief because she said everything I needed to hear from my support people, but never heard.
I will go to this book anytime I fall into despair.
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- Anonymous User
- 20-02-2023
I wish it was longer!
I really enjoyed this but it was so short! I expected it to keep going with a list or something, none the less I thought it was great. It was relatable and in parts even funny (not something I associate with the dead of my mother normally)
I'm not religious so that part didn't really land for me but I think it would be comforting for those that are.
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- youraveragewoman
- 28-09-2020
Incredible
I related so much to Ty. Insightful and honest. Funny and raw. A beautiful breath of fresh air and relief to my soul.
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- Anonymous User
- 30-04-2023
Biography not a book on grief
** SPOILERS
I was quite disappointed in the delivery of this book. Looking for something to help me with my pain as it was a year coming up to the anniversary and I’m currently really struggling. I listen to this book and it’s about this lady’s amazing life. Where she was spoilt, had a mum who met her every need. (Not everyone was that lucky)
Then the two words - Thug and tears were put together to portray sensitive ness, to portray her worst moments. When she lost her mother.
I don’t feel that would connect with everyone. It certainly didn’t connect with me. I don’t feel like my tears were violent.
I mean what do you relate the word thugs with? It’s not really a compassionate word I would relate to grief.. it felt a little crass.
I had to turn it off. I didn’t have my need to feel at peace or learn something met by this book. I just felt angry and that I didn’t connect at all to anything because it was a biography not a book about grief.
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- Tegan Parnicott
- 31-08-2020
Good but not great
I'm not religious at all so I found it difficult to relate to a lot of things she felt and spoke about.
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