Unbearable. Unpredictable. Relentless.
Grief and loss often leave us without words to describe our experiences and complicated emotions. It’s easy to feel lost, afraid, and overwhelmed—especially in the first year of a grief journey. David Jenkins helps us build bridges through poetry, courageously naming the realities we face as we move through the nonlinear path of grief and healing.
Emotions, once tangled, begin to turn. . . .
After the numbness of loss releases its grip, we come face-to-face with the emptiness, despair, and loneliness of grief. We struggle with conflicting emotions—love and anger, gratitude and guilt or regret. Friends return to their daily lives, unaware that we are not fine and unprepared to help us untangle our complex feelings.
Can I ever love again?
Are you a person of a certain age who doubts you can love again? Perhaps you have been told by society that you are too old to find love. Loving Again disrupts these narratives as David Jenkins, quite unexpectedly, finds new love with Eva, a fellow hospice worker. David answers this poignant question by sharing his own journey from grief to love.
Wonder, and its partner in crime, awe, are integral to our spiritual and emotional lives. Wonder connects us to something greater than ourselves—God, nature, humanity, and the universe. It reminds us to be humble yet empowered, for we are small yet mighty in the vastness of Creation. It invites us to embrace Mystery and to sit with questions, rather than doggedly pursuing answers. It opens the door to seeing beauty across time and space in a world where everything is alive.
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