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Could you recommend me some books please?

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StickEmWithThePointyEnd · 21/11/2012 12:10

My mum died a few days ago and I need to figure things out.

She was a non practising catholic, but very into all the "woo" stuff; white feathers and mediums etc, she was very open minded and I even remember telling her the little I had learned about buddhism at school and she was very interested in it al. So I've grown up with a kind of mixed education in these things but I've never had to really think, or decide what I believe until now. And I feel like I really need to know now.

I just can't believe that I will never see her again or that she would just leave my ds to grow up alone and not be there to guide him and watch over him. I can't believe that she isn't happy, that she isn't reunited with the people she loved and lost. I can't believe that she can't hear everything I wish I'd been able to say to her.

Please could someone direct me towards some books which could help me at the moment? thank you x

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MrsMcCave · 21/11/2012 22:28

Very sorry for your loss, Pointy. Xx

The only thing that comes to mind is Philip Yancey's 'Where is God when it hurts?'. Not sure if its at all what you are looking for, but its a start!

thegreenheartofmanyroundabouts · 22/11/2012 20:07

You could try 'Heaven' by Paula Gooder which is reviewed here:

www.sarum.ac.uk/book-of-the-month-march-2012

I'm really sorrry for your loss.

joanofarchitrave · 22/11/2012 20:11

I'm so sorry for your loss.

I very much like 'When Bad Things Happen to Good People' by Harold S Kushner but it's not specifically about grief.

freakydeaky · 22/11/2012 20:26

So sorry for your loss, Pointy.

When my lovely Mum died I got great comfort from the John Edward books. He's a medium, so it's definitely 'woo', and lots of people are very sceptical about him, but 'Crossing Over' and 'After Life' both helped me at the time x

IndigoBarbie · 22/11/2012 20:43

Sorry :(
I think (ime) you should give yourself some time just to 'be' if that is at all possible. Anything that you need to know might possibly occur to you during quiet times in your own space. Books can be great, but sometimes all you need is your own heart-space to mull everything over.
FWIW I believe she can hear everything you say to her, or think, she will know. I know this as I have said things to my own father that I didn't get a chance to say whilst he was alive, although very ill. I know he heard me, and I know he was still very much around me after he passed. I also know that each of us experiences and deals with things differently, and I say give yourself time. xxx With love xxx

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