Safe Passage: Words to Help the Grieving

A friend of mine bought this book for me after my husband died of cancer. I felt as if my life had shattered into a million pieces (I was 8 months pregnant with our second child) and there was not much that gave me comfort. However, this book was the best grief book I read. It is not an outline of how you should feel, or what to do, it is simply a collection of quotes and thoughtful insights related to grief and loss. You can pick it up and put it down easily and the book moves through different emotions from the beginning to the end. I highly recommend it to anyone suffering from the loss of a loved one.

When my precious mother died of cancer, this book saved my life. All of my emotions were identified in this book and the way it is written is beautiful. I have read it at least three times and each time I am reminded that my feelings of grief and loss will never completely go away but neither will I allow them to consume me.

I ordered this book after the sudden and accidental death of my beautiful daughter. I needed to find something that I could pick up any time I felt the need for some peace. This book became quite dog-eared, as I would mark my favorite poems and passages. For years, this was the last thing I would read from, at bedtime, before turning off the light. I now order it for all my close friends who are going through the same grief process and I did, as I know how much comfort Molly's words brought to me in my time of need. I still use my "dog-eared" copy and know it will always be on my nightstand for the rest of my life to remind me that there is hope for peace.

A friend sent this book to me following the death of my husband. Although I could only read the first few pages in the initial stages of grieving, as the months slowly went by I could accept and relate to the progression of thoughts. It is written by someone who seemed to really understand the pain of grief. It is beautiful and sensitive. C.S. Lewis wrote a book entitled "A Grief Observed". I highly recommend each of these books.

This book got me through MANY dark times after my husband unexpectedly died . It is soothing without being sugary; it is real, and it offered comfort as I moved toward a new reality and peace. I resisted being in the club of people who needed this book, but I was ever so grateful for its existance.