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Things I Wish I Knew Before My Mom Died

Written by: Ty Alexander, Tia Williams - foreward
Narrated by: Janina Edwards, Myra Lucretia Taylor
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Publisher's Summary

The grieving process: Ty Alexander of Gorgeous in Grey is one of the top bloggers today. She has a tremendous personal connection with her listeners. This is never more apparent than when she speaks about her mother. The pain of loss is universal. Yet, we all grieve differently.

For Alexander, the grieving process is one that she lives with day-to-day. Learning from her pain, Alexander connects with her listeners on a deeply emotional level in her debut audiobook Things I Wish I Knew before My Mom Died: Coping with Loss Every Day. From grief counseling to sharing insightful true stories, Alexander offers comfort, reassurance, and hope in the face of sorrow.

Coping with loss: In her early 20s reality smacked Ty in the face. She was ill-equipped to deal with the emotional and intellectual rollercoaster of dealing with her mom's illness. Through her own trial and error, she found a way to be a caregiver, patient advocate, researcher, and a grieving daughter. She wrote Things I Wish I Knew before My Mom Died: Coping with Loss Every Day to help others find the "best" way to cope and move on; however, one personally decides what that means.

Mourning and remembrance: In the chapters of this soul-touching audiobook, mourners will find meaning and wisdom in grieving and the love that will always remain. Each chapter is a study and lesson in coping with loss:

  • Chapter 1: We've been duped, everyone dies!
  • Chapter 2: When fragmented families grieve
  • Chapter 3: The art of losing
  • Chapter 4: The how of grieving
  • Chapter 5: How to be obsessively grateful
  • Chapter 6: Things every mother should tell her daughter
  • Chapter 7: Dear Mommy
©2018 Ty Alexander (P)2018 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

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This book was exactly what I was looking for, I appreciate the author’s authenticity and candid ways of sharing her life’s experiences, her feelings, and her wisdom. Lightbulb moment for me was the education on pain vs suffering, definitely resonated with me!

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I don't know what drew me to this title. Maybe a combination of existential dread and Hyper kondriasizing on behalf of my very healthy living blessed mom who seems invincible sometimes. . . I found this to be a very necessary and eye opening read and I am really glad that you shared the lessons that you learned. I appreciated the candor of this very deeply. A much needed reality check. Deeply grateful.

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Would not recommend.

I loved the idea of the book and I love, for the author, that it seems to be healing for her to have written. But it was not what I expected and her words seem like she is still filled with rage towards her circumstance and her family. I felt sorry for the author.

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