(i tried posting this but there was a computer glitch or something...anyway...)
i haven't read it (i'm ordering it) but you can find it on amazon (it came out in april)
The Gifts of Grief: Finding Light in the Darkness of Loss by therese tappouni
partial description:
"At some point in our lives, we all experience grief:
The death of a loved one, a financial catastrophe, a debilitating illness, or the ending of a marriage. In the dark moments that follow these losses, life can seem hopeless and unbearable.
"Author Therèse Tappouni knows this journey all too well.
"After suffering the devastating loss of her eleven-year-old son, she ultimately came to the realization that it is possible to not only heal from grief, but to find gifts from the deepest places of despair."
(amazon page)
(the first book i read after my mom passed (about four months later) was called "We Don't Die: george anderson's conversations with the other side" written by joel martin & patricia romanowski which was very comforting to me.)
at any rate--i just wanted to let you know about that book in case you'd be interested in checking it out.
take care.