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Can You Just Sit with Me?: Healthy Grieving for the Losses of Life Paperback – September 26, 2023
Can You Just Sit with Me?: Healthy Grieving for the Losses of Life Paperback – September 26, 2023
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"We often see tears and immediately attempt to interpret them. When we see someone crying, our natural response is to ask, "What's wrong?" Tears can mean an array of emotions including sadness, joy, or even anger. Your tears may simply express the hurt you feel at the reality of your loss. When I think of tears, I think of the way water flows from a faucet. The water is pressurized, waiting for the water to be released. And it is the same with our emotions and our tears. Often something acts as a blocking valve, holding us back and holding tears in. But when we feel safe, when we feel we have permission, we finally let them flow.
You have permission to grieve, friend.
Giving yourself permission to grieve means coming to the realization it is okay to not be okay." -from chapter 3 of Can You Just Sit with Me? by Natasha Smith
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| Description: | Smith talks about grief that is specifically applicable to Black women, providing them with affirmation and a safe place to exhale. | This book includes personal stories, biblical reflections, relevant research, practical tools, and prayers that point us to God, who always sits with us in our grief. |
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"Why are you still sad about that?"
It takes time and space to grieve well, but often our culture doesn't afford us these things. Drawing from her own experience with grief, Natasha Smith invites us into a reflection on what it means to grieve and how to cling to hope even in our darkest moments. Instead of providing quick-fix solutions, this book creates space for us to take time to just sit and grieve, learn, and heal in healthy ways.
In Can You Just Sit with Me? Smith provides personal stories, biblical reflections, relevant research, practical tools, and prayers that point us to God, who always sits with us in our grief. Whether we are grieving a loss or supporting a friend who is grieving, this book reminds us that every loss is worthy of the space and grace to grieve.
