A Hard Question: What do you give to someone in pain?
Posted December 13, 2020
on:- In: Books | Family | Giving | Personal loss | Poetry
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This week, just in time for your holiday shopping, I offer a book of poetry from Author, Poet, Lyricist, and Artist, Ann Vincent Vila.
“Grieving Healing Accepting: 25 Sympathy Poems of Loss”
Available on Amazon
Ms Vila has written an eloquent book of poems for friends and loved ones suffering loss, a circumstance too many of us have had to live through recently. In place of sympathy cards or flowers, this book is a gift to anyone you know who is experiencing loss. Ms. Vila’s poetry offers the comfort and companionship of knowing you are not alone in your experience of loss or grief. Once read, these poems can be revisited again and again as your journey through grief takes the all-too-common unexpected detours to acceptance.
Available in paperback and Kindle editions, this collection of heartfelt thoughts for “the darker moments” solves the question of what to give to someone you care about that will acknowledge their suffering and offer support when you can’t be there to hold them close.
From the Author:
“It is a book for those suffering around us when we are left speechless and can find no words from our hearts to soothe those grieving souls. An array of work that speaks to the darker moments of life when despair arrives in the wake of loss leading from the darkness of grieving to the healing light of acceptance.”
Ana Vincent Vila, Grieving, Healing, Accepting

December 15, 2020 at 3:22 PM
Poetry is indeed a surefire antidote to grief, Tara, because the very nature of it forces us to slow down; it inspires contemplation, which begets insight. So happy to know about Ann’s collection; bless you for sharing the link to it!
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December 16, 2020 at 12:01 PM
Sean, your reminder of the power of words is so valuable. In times of trial the right words spoken by a friend can change your point of view and, potentially, your chosen path. Thank you for adding so much to this conversation!
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December 16, 2020 at 12:18 PM
Thank you so much for understanding the healing nature of Poetry. Your insightful words are wonderful!
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