AUTHOR Of LOVE IS THE GIFT FIRST PUBLISHED MARCH 2022
Books are a wonderful way to start a conversation about death and offers a platform to talk about feelings.
LOVE IS THE GIFT is a poetical story with beautiful soothing illustrations about a mermaid who is confronted by her grief as she finds out that her grandmother is coming to the end of her life.
Every page of this book gives the reader the opportunity to open dialogue with children and explore thoughts and feelings around death, grief, love, and positive memories.
Death is an inevitable part of life and creating space to talk about death with children, even when there has not been a bereavement is healthy and can help them to manage difficult feelings in the future.
Dealing with the death of a loved one can be difficult and painful for both adults and children and children rely on the support of the adults around them to help them deal with the loss.
Grief is a perfectly normal experience, and it can present itself in many different ways, confusion, numbness, anger, guilt, sadness, anxiety, disbelief, and loneliness are just a few ways in which it can manifest.
By creating a safe, age-appropriate space for children to talk openly and ask questions, you can support them in working through their worries and assist them in their healing.
Reviews
No one is immune to experiencing loss at some point in life, and for many, our first experience with loss is that of a beloved grandparent. As a parent, you are suddenly thrown into a unique and complex role of grieving your own loss, along with helping your child cope with this new emotional experience.
Love is a Gift is a beautiful way to open those conversations around the difficult process of grieving the loss of someone we love. With magical and soothing art, coupled with very real conversations around the subject, it will be a gift to the well-being of any child who will inevitably experience loss at some point in their lives.
Sandy Peckinpah, author of How to Survive the Worst that can Happen and Certified Grief Recovery Specialist®