In the most basic meaning of the Incarnation, where there is ultimate illness, it is acts of loveisiting, holding, affirming, listening, making arrangementshich are the bread of life. They are the Bread of Life. "In a sensitive account that draws readers into the persons and the situation, the author has made a warm, loving journal of her father's last illness and death. This moving chronicle of the process of dealing with death as a day-by-day reality will bring comfort to families experiencing similar times." Interpreter Magazine

Waiting and Loving: Thoughts Occasioned by the Illness and Death of a Parent

Hickman, Martha

Parenting & Relationships

iUniverse

A book to see you through the trials and joys of middle age."The author brings a keen intellect, a rich educational background, humor and an acute sense of the world of nature to her observations about the relationships of middle age. . . Head and shoulders above most inspirational books." Chandler Grannis, former editor-in-chief of Publishers Weekly

The Growing Season: The Sights and Sounds of Middle Life

Biographies & Memoirs

Community & Culture

Nine stories that will touch your heart. They are stories of people you will recognize--your friend, your sister, your mother, yourself. Inspiring, illuminating, and helpful.These stories express with great tenderness the blend of triumph and loss that is the very essence of aging. In a voice as gentle as a whisper of affection, Martha Whitmore Hickman writes about growing old as a simultaneous act of hanging on and letting go, and the stories echo with the ring of truth. John Egerton, author of Generations

Fullness of Time: Short Stories of Women and Aging

Literature & Fiction

Contemporary

This book provides help for parents and other people who are bereaved. Simple and appropriate, the book contains short sections that are easy to read and easy to understand.

I Will Not Leave You Desolate: Some Thoughts for Grieving Parents

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Psychology & Counseling

ABINGDON PRESS *

Such Good People

The Randalls are "the nice family down the street" close-knit, resilient, facing day-to-day conflicts and gradual change, with the shared love and deep understanding that has seen them through the years.Laura Randall and her professor husband, Trace, are proud of their accomplishments, even as they try to balance their own identities with increasingly independent children and while caring for their aging parents. Their college-age sons, Bart and Philip, see the family as a reassuring touchstone as they begin building their adult lives. And for independent, vivacious, sixteen-year-old Annie, the Randalls' only daughter, the family is both a much-loved support, and an obstacle, as she struggles to discover her own awakening dreams and needs.Then Annie dies in an unforeseeable accident--and their family's world is turned upside down.

Literary

Histria Fiction