The Widow's Survival Guide

ebook Living with Children After the Death of Your Spouse

By Charity Pimentel-Hyams

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"Charity offers hope and practical steps through the darkness and difficulty of grief into the light and new possibilities of life." —The Reverend Tracy Fye Weatherhogg
Within The Widow's Survival Guide, Charity Pimentel-Hyams, a widow at thirty-seven with children aged five, three, and one at the time of her husband's tragic and unexpected death, takes women through the challenges and triumphs of young widowhood. Throughout The Widow's Survival Guide, women learn:
  • What to do directly after the death of their spouse
  • How to support themselves and handle grieving children, even when they're falling apart
  • What grief can look like and the symptoms it creates
  • How to create an action plan for day-to-day life
  • Strategies to check in with their heart and stay connected to their lost loved one

  • "A brave and deeply human account of embracing unbearable loss . . . powerful medicine for anyone suffering loss." —Robin Winn, LMFT
    "A heartbreaking journey of myriad emotions, love, and loss. I found myself holding my breath through some of the painfully practical details and advice to widows. The love expressed in this book in tangible, honest and devastating." —Ana-Maria Figueredo, author of The Secret Art of Selling Insurance
    "Just the right mix of practicality and existentialism . . . anticipates and normalizes the complex emotions associated with early widowhood." —Megan Greenleaf, MD
    The Widow's Survival Guide