Hello Grief

The author of the bestselling I Used to Have a Plan is back with more balm for the soul, offering advice, inspiration, and solace for everyone who has lost something or someone special.After losing her mother to cancer, Alessandra Olanow was overwhelmed by the sadness and uncertainty she felt each day—the shifting tide of emotions that everyone who has suffered loss experiences in their own unique way.In this wise and intimate book, the artist and writer draws insights from her personal loss and also her training as an end-of-life doula to explore the complex, heart-rending process of grief. Olanow chronicles her journey through pain and how she learned to bear a sorrow that will never leave her. In spare but incisive writing and more than 75 full-color drawings, she shares her own struggle with feelings of loss and longing and shows that with time, grief evolves—you grow, and your relationship with the pain changes—even though it never truly ends. Sometimes it’s overwhelming; sometime

不用急著好起來也沒關係，允許自己與悲傷共存。——迷誠品編輯閱讀分享推薦★《會好起來的，就算不是現在》作者最新作品，告訴你，悲傷有時會帶來新的東西。★IG 65萬追蹤 圖文作家luckylulu 中文手寫字傷慟並未變得更輕盈，只是我學會抱得更順手。暢銷圖文書《會好起來的，就算不是現在》作者的最新作品《會好起來的，就算慢一點也沒關係》是靈魂的油膏；失去摯愛、需要找個肩膀依靠的人，都能在這裡得到忠告、靈感和鼓勵。這些能引發共鳴的圖文既睿智又能帶來慰藉，作者所傳達的真理幫助我們走過心痛和苦樂參半的渴望。各人的傷慟旅程都不一樣，從第一頁讀到最後一頁，或是跳著讀，都能找到安慰，找到一絲幽默，也提醒讀者曾經付出多少愛，又得到多少愛。【編輯告白】｜傷慟就是愛，適應中的愛。哈囉，傷慟，我不知道你這次會待多久，也許會像上次一樣，當我以為你終於消失時，被你狠狠突襲。但沒關係，我知道我會好起來的，就算不是現在，我知道快樂不等於不悲傷，我知道離開一個習慣、一個地方或一段關係，需要的時間難以計量。親愛的傷慟，我正在學習和你和平共處，很慢很慢，因為愛很多很多。

Pastors say goodbye to congregations. Sometimes their goodbyes are timely and sweet; sometimes they are jarring and painful. But as they leave, they face a unique journey of grief, one shaped by their