How Do I Say Goodbye?: A Companion in Grieving, Healing, and Gratitude - Softcover

Griffin, Maureen Ryan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 098023042X ISBN 13: 9780980230420

Publisher: Floating Leaf Press, 2017

Synopsis

Are you mourning the loss of someone you love? Writer Madeleine L’Engle says of grief, in her book Two-Part Invention, that it “has to be worked through. It is like walking through water. Sometimes there are little waves lapping about my feet. Sometimes there is an enormous breaker that knocks me down. Sometimes there is a sudden and fierce squall. But I know that many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it.” This grief ritual is for anyone who is walking through the pain of losing a loved one. Its gentle, contemplative exercises are a companion through the “many waters” of grief—from sadness to anger, fear to regret, into gratitude for the gifts of love and life. What is grief, after all, but a sign of the depth of our love? Those who enjoy writing will likely also find poems, essays, and/or stories emerging as they journey through this healing process.

About this title

About the Author:

MAUREEN RYAN GRIFFIN has taught the art and craft of writing for more than twenty years through a wide variety of venues, including Queens University and Central Piedmont Community College in Charlotte, North Carolina; the John Campbell Folk School in the Appalachian Mountains, and the Chautauqua Institution in Western New York. An award-winning poetry and nonfiction writer, Griffin’s work has appeared in numerous publications, including Calyx, Chelsea, Cincinnati Poetry Review, and The Texas Review. She is the author of Spinning Words into Gold, a Hands-On Guide to the Craft of Writing, and three poetry books. A poem from her latest collection, Ten Thousand Cicadas Can’t Be Wrong, was featured on Garrison Keillor’s The Writers’ Almanac in July of 2015. She offers individual coaching and critique, as well as retreats, workshops, and classes, through her business, WordPlay (www.wordplaynow.com).

About this edition

• Publisher: Floating Leaf Press
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 098023042X
• ISBN 13: 9780980230420
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 82