Every one of us that knows grief knows of Dr. Wolfelt.  He has written several books and has spoken to thousands of people about the possibility of healing after loss. His book “Grief One Day at a Time” is a daily meditation I continue to read each morning.  When this book first arrived I could not open it.  It was too soon.  It was August when Zane was killed and the first day I had the strength to open up this book the daily meditation in that month was about life being chaotic but still beautiful and that “I was doing ok”. 

I threw the book against the wall. It stayed unopened until January.  The meditation on the first day of the New Year was different.  Maybe it was because I was now 4 months into my grief journey. Perhaps the message was more hopeful.  It was about remembering our loved one.  “This year I will remember and I will love” the good Doctor suggests to us. I could do this.  I want to do this.  This was good mourning.

Maybe the book was written with a New Year in mind, grief beginning at January, regardless of the month your loved one passed over. Regardless, it is a book every grief warrior should have on their shelf.  The meditations are easy to read and each includes a quote, a message and a meditation.

Thank you Dr. Wolfelt, you are the rope to which keeps so many of us from falling of the edge.

More about Dr Wolfelt and the work he does can be found at https://www.centerforloss.com