"During the first month of grieving, feelings are intense, emotions run deep, and the need for comfort is ever-present. Grievers seem incapable of reaching out for help and comforters cannot always be present-especially in the bleak predawn or late-night hours.

These concise daily devotions meet the needs of such grievers. They avoid pie-in-the-sky platitudes and offer genuine help. There is a keen awareness of grief's time frame and a respect for a griever's anguish and emotional turmoil. The daily readings are concise, sensitive, and always point, gently but firmly, to the healing offered by a caring heavenly Father."

Preface		7
Chapter 1	It's Okay to Cry	9
Chapter 2	Does Anyone Understand My Grief?	11
Chapter 3	Make a New and Special Friendship	17
Day 1	Survival Is Sure	26
Day 2	Grief Complications You Can Avoid	28
Day 3	When Is It Time to Cry?	30
Day 4	Other Grievers Teach Us	34
Day 5	Facing Your Own Death	36
Day 6	The Many Faces of Grief	38
Day 7	A Set of Goals	40
Day 8	Answers	42
Day 9	Your Special Needs	44
Day 10	Knowing Your Signs of Recovery	46
Day 11	Knowing What Sorrow Means	48
Day 12	Normal Grief and Abnormal Grief	50
Day 13	Books That Are Easy to Read and Helpful to Those Who Grieve	54
Day 14	Using the Psalms Daily	56
Day 15	Great Saints Faced Despair	58
Day 16	Reaffirm the Center for Your Life	60
Day 17	Your Recovery Will Be Unique to You	62
Day 18	Let Another Person's Faith Stand with You	64
Day 19	The Truth About Partial Truths	66
Day 20	Solitude's Value	68
Day 21	The Horrible Pain	70
Day 22	A Possible Strategy of Satan	72
Day 23	No Condemnation or Judgment	74
Day 24	Do Not Judge Yourself	76
Day 25	Learning from the Darkness of Another	78
Day 26	Understanding Grief	80
Day 27	Getting Through Grief	82
Day 28	Four Paths That Delay Grief	84
Day 29	The Intensity of Grief	86
Day 30	What to Do with Time?	88
Conclusion		91
Appendix 1	A Letter to Becky's Father	93
Appendix 2	Preparing for the Holidays	97
Notes		103