Holding on to Love After You've Lost a Baby: The 5 Love Languages® for Grieving Parents - Softcover

Chapman, Gary; McVicar, Candy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0802419402 ISBN 13: 9780802419408

Publisher: Northfield Publishing, 2020

Synopsis

A Powerful Resource for Grieving Couples

Losing a child is among the most tragic experiences one can face. The crushing grief puts immense strain on the marriage, family relationships, and friendships that few can understand. That’s why this book was written. In it Candy McVicar, a grieving mom who leads a ministry for grieving parents, and Dr. Gary Chapman, relationship expert and author of The 5 Love Languages®, team up to help couples who are facing the unimaginable.

They’ll teach you how to:

• Cope with the complex feelings that come with the grief process
• Understand your spouse’s unique grieving needs and support him/her
• Use the five love languages through grief

There is nothing that can make the pain of losing a child go away, but healing is possible with intentional hearts and the right resources.

About this title

About the Author

GARY CHAPMAN, PhD—author, speaker, counselor—has a passion for people and for helping them form lasting relationships. He is the #1 bestselling author of the 5 Love Languages® series and director of Marriage and Family Life Consultants, Inc. Gary travels the world presenting seminars, and his radio programs air on more than 400 stations. Learn more at www.5lovelanguages.com.

CANDY MCVICAR is an author, educator, speaker, and devoted advocate for parents who experience the loss of a baby or child. After the stillbirth of her daughter Grace in 2001, she committed to enhance the care bereaved families receive while in the hospital, to facilitate healing holistically, and to optimize outcomes for subsequent pregnancies. Candy is the founder of the Missing GRACE Foundation, a national nonprofit that provides support, resources, and education for families and professional care providers when there is loss of a baby, infertility, or adoption challenges. Find out more about Candy at www.candymcvicar.com.

From the Back Cover

"Losing a child is an unspeakable loss. Instead of holding your little one in your arms, you have suddenly become part of a club no on would ever want to join. How do you navigate the pain? How does your marriage survive such grief? Candy has been there, and in this book she will tenderly walk you down a path to healing, hope, and love."
–Sheila Walsh, author of It's Okay Not to Be Okay

Candy McVicar was blindsided by the death of her baby, which opened her eyes to the dark world of grief and trauma. Her subsequent infertility and a late miscarriage compounded her sorrow, making it difficult to survive with hope. Amazingly, she navigated grief and experienced healing by discovering new ways to love through loss.

In Holding On to Love After You've Lost a Baby, Candy teams up with relationship expert Gary Chapman to guide you through using the five love languages to find healing after the loss of a child. Both Gary and Candy share from their extensive personal and professional experience to help you:

• Discern love languages for you, your spouse, and children
• Inventory your grief process and invest in your own wellbeing
• Be a good friend and provider to someone grieving
• Consider what gifts may be found and shared through your journey

Edition details

• Publisher: Northfield Publishing
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0802419402
• ISBN 13: 9780802419408
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 208