available 09.17.24
Grief catches us unaware. When we don’t take the time to grief in a healthy manner, it most assuredly will come out at a later, less opportune time, and in a more complicated fashion. No parent is prepared to grieve the loss of a child – it’s not how it’s supposed to be. Just like with the birth of a child, there is no instruction manual for how to handle the death of a child. The best person to speak into that wound is another who has similarly been wounded and has healed enough to have a sacred scar to show for it. Alycia Morales is that person – she loves hard, she grieves hard, and she offers hard-fought lessons from her sacred scars for Surviving the Year of Firsts. She understands because she’s been there, and she offers every grieving mother a hand to hold.
Dr. Michelle Bengtson, Board Certified Clinical Neuropsychologist, author of several award-winning books including Sacred Scars: Resting in God’s Promise That Your Past Is Not Wasted, and host of the award-winning podcast, Your Hope Filled Perspective. She offers hope-filled resources at DrMichelleB.com.
Your child is gone. Your heart is broken.
How on earth do you survive this?
When we’re preparing for motherhood, we don’t expect to have to bury our children four, nineteen, or thirty-six years later. Nor are we prepared for grief’s assault on us and those we love. Is there any hope left in this life? And if so, where do you find it?
Alycia Morales knows your grief is as unique as you are and will help you navigate the foggy forest of child loss, a journey she’s survived multiple times.
With deep biblical insight and genuine compassion, Alycia will help you:
- push through the pain and heartbreak of grief with hope to discover a new normal where the ache remains but death has lost its sting
- continue to put one foot in front of the other, taking small steps toward getting back to living a life that not only honors the Lord, but honors your child’s memory as well
- learn to refocus your thoughts, taking them captive to the Way, the Truth, and the Life, rather than dwelling on death’s doorstep
- seek out the treasures in daily life and walk in gratitude as you journey down this path with God
Despite the heartbreak and devastation you currently feel, you can experience healing, hope, and joy. An abundance of life remains for you this side of heaven. Let’s go find it.
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Read what others are saying about Surviving the Year of Firsts: A Mom’s Guide to Grieving Child Loss:
“I felt as though Alycia had walked into my home and traveled the road of grief I’m currently on, that’s how well this book ministered to me. Have to’s and grief don’t mix, and she takes the “have to” out of the equation and instead offers bite-size lifelines which are the perfect size. Something for readers to look forward to, someone who understands, not one more thing that has to get done.” – Cheri Swalwell
“Her topics are those that anyone who has experienced the loss of a loved one can relate to. As I was reading I recalled my own life losses; I like the way she brings her faith into each stage of her grief and feel that her book would have given me solace during my first year of grief.” – Gail Scoates
Surviving the Year of Firsts: A Mom’s Guide to Grieving Child Loss is more than a story; it is a hand to hold in the form of words. It is a resource to aid when nothing makes sense, yet grieving parents must make decisions. It is an offering from one mama to others in their time of need. – Charla O Matthews
I truly believe Surviving the Year of Firsts: A Mom’s Guide to Grieving Child Loss is going to minister to the hearts of moms who’ve experienced child loss, whether that loss occurred today or twenty years ago. Alycia Morales brings compassion, encouragement, and biblical wisdom in every chapter. I highly encourage you to consider purchasing a copy for yourself or a mama you know. – Melissa McLaughlin
If you are a grieving mama or someone who knows one,
I’d love to offer you these free resources I’ve created.
A Mom’s Guide to Surviving Funeral Plans & Managing All the Things is a guide to getting through the first couple of weeks
after the loss of a child.
It’s filled with chapters that share my journey in those first weeks, how I survived, suggestions for planning for your child’s funeral, how to keep things running when all you want to do is crash, & encouragement for your broken heart. It also includes printables to help with organizing, funeral planning, & more.
a friends & family guide to helping grieving parents will help friends & family of the grieving family:
- understand what your loved one is experiencing so you are able to serve them with kindness & compassion
- offer a variety of ways you can help them through the first few weeks of their tragedy
- provide insight on what to say and what not to say
- provide biblical foundations regarding each chapter
