Holding on to Love After You've Lost a Baby
The 5 Love Languages® for Grieving Parents
- Counseling, Grief & Mental Health
- Publisher: Moody Publishers
- Published: 2020
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Publisher's Description
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.
Endorsements (10)
“The kind of relational stress that a couple goes through after losing a child can be ugly and plain violent. The pain is raw, the wounds are open, and loving each other through the tragedy can almost feel impossible. The words Candy and Dr. Chapman have written are incredibly compassionate and kind—you will find genuinely helpful advice, stories, and resources. I'm in awe of the beauty that has come from such a devastating loss, and I'm thankful to be a witness to the legacy of love on these pages and words.”
“Losing a baby has been one of the most painful things that I have ever gone through. Candy's and Gary's book, Holding on to Love After You've Lost a Baby, brings comfort and encouragement to grieving parents and gives insight into what's most helpful for friends of the grieving parents. The pages are filled with hope from those who have walked through the valley of losing a child.”
“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 one 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.”
“As a pastor, I've walked many families through the process of grief. However, as a dad I had no idea how to face it for myself. It is hard to fathom, but my wife and I have gone through sixteen pregnancies in total, resulting in eight healthy children and eight waiting for us in heaven. Each time there was grief. Each time required facing fear. And each time God's miraculous love brought healing. As I turned the pages of Holding on to Love After You've Lost a Baby, I experienced the healing grace of the Lord. I highly recommend this book. Consider resourcing your church, counseling ministry, and mom's groups with copies of Holding on to Love after You've Lost a Baby to have on hand to gift to people grieving.”
“As parents who have experienced the loss of two children, we wholeheartedly recommend reading Holding on to Love after You've Lost a Baby. It is a great resource for parents walking through child loss and for friends and family walking along with them. Holding on to love after you've lost a baby is difficult, and this book reminds you that you're not alone, you're seen, and that healing doesn't mean forgetting your precious child. Remembering always, our boys, Dobbs and Reed.”
“Grief speaks a language all its own and this book provides one of the most thoughtful and compassionate approaches to ministering to those who are grieving. Holding on to Love After You've Lost a Baby is a book you will pick up time after time as you walk with people through their darkest days and guide them to that Light at the end of the tunnel.”
“As a parent and grandparent myself, I know that the loss of a child is the parent's greatest fear. The force of this fear must be met with an even greater force of love to endure such tremendous loss. Candy McVicar's insightful story and Gary Chapman's wisdom are a perfect combination. The strategic blend these two bring is how we as couples, families, and communities increase the experience of healing love and chase away crippling fear. There are few resources that I have found to be this succinct and powerful for the person who grieves.”
“What an incredible book! This is a book that everyone needs to read, whether you have experienced loss or not. I have been inspired reading how Candy and Stephen selflessly give away what they learned through the trauma of stillbirth and miscarriage, which translates that many thousands are being helped in their journey too. This book is a wonderful and significant resource for grieving parents and a brilliant help for those who want to help family or friends who suffer loss. Read it and let it reach the depths of your heart, soul, mind, and body, because as you do, hope will begin to arise.”
“Holding on to Love after You've Lost a Baby is a gift to every parent who has experienced the worst kind of loss and the church leaders and friends called to come alongside. Having been on both sides of this dark valley, as a pastor and having lost our first child, Michael, in stillbirth, I can say from personal experience how valuable this book will be to the thousands of moms and dads silently grieving as well as those nearest to them who are searching for ways to love them through it.”
“Candy and Gary have taken on an important and much-needed conversation with this book. I know first-hand the pain of losing multiple pregnancies to miscarriage; it can feel so difficult, isolating, and hopeless. Knowing how to navigate this journey with love will be a gift to so many.”
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