Review of The Ultimate Love
Posted: 05 Aug 2021, 20:32
[Following is a volunteer review of "The Ultimate Love" by Sherine Anniruth.]
I am a mother who lost her son to cancer. I was searching for someone or something that shared my depths of despair, as well as my pride and joy in my child. I found that in The Ultimate Love by Sherine Anniruth.
I love the way Sherine speaks about her son Nadeem. I felt as if I were looking through a window, watching a mother and son trying to comfort one another while having to say goodbye.
Sherine shares her grief as if we were sitting across from each other drinking tea. I wanted to comfort her as she shared her thoughts and experiences.
Sherine explains why we need to grieve and why we must go through the stages of healing. She offers suggestions on how to work through the stages or at least be able to manage something that simply does not go away.
She told her story as if she is talking as every mother that has lost a child She spoke to me as if she were me. She tells how the death of a child changes the entire dynamic of the family. Especially how hard it is for the mother who must comfort her remaining children as they grieve for the loss of their sibling, while you are suffering the loss of your child.
Sherine shared that it has been four long years since Nadeem left her, and that she could now speak his name without bursting into tears. This gave me hope, as I am not there yet, but I so want to be.
Reading her story brought me comfort. I realized that I was not the only mother that felt so much anger, the thoughts of jealousy that I sometimes feel when watching other parents with their children, are shared by others that have had a child taken from them. These thoughts may be unwanted but are a part of grief that changes hour to hour, day by day.
Sherine describes the seven stages of grief. To start healing you must go through all stages, but she acknowledges that not everyone will go through these stages at the same time or in the same order.
One of the most important things Sherine shares in her story, and that I completely agree with is that to get through grief, you must work at it. You must want to; and you must go on because there is no other choice, you must go on.
I gave this book Four out of Four Stars because while sharing her journey of grief, she brought me comfort, as I think it will for many parents. I think this book will appeal to anyone that has suffered a profound loss and especially to anyone that has lost a child.
I found the book to be edited so well that I did not find any errors.
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The Ultimate Love
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I am a mother who lost her son to cancer. I was searching for someone or something that shared my depths of despair, as well as my pride and joy in my child. I found that in The Ultimate Love by Sherine Anniruth.
I love the way Sherine speaks about her son Nadeem. I felt as if I were looking through a window, watching a mother and son trying to comfort one another while having to say goodbye.
Sherine shares her grief as if we were sitting across from each other drinking tea. I wanted to comfort her as she shared her thoughts and experiences.
Sherine explains why we need to grieve and why we must go through the stages of healing. She offers suggestions on how to work through the stages or at least be able to manage something that simply does not go away.
She told her story as if she is talking as every mother that has lost a child She spoke to me as if she were me. She tells how the death of a child changes the entire dynamic of the family. Especially how hard it is for the mother who must comfort her remaining children as they grieve for the loss of their sibling, while you are suffering the loss of your child.
Sherine shared that it has been four long years since Nadeem left her, and that she could now speak his name without bursting into tears. This gave me hope, as I am not there yet, but I so want to be.
Reading her story brought me comfort. I realized that I was not the only mother that felt so much anger, the thoughts of jealousy that I sometimes feel when watching other parents with their children, are shared by others that have had a child taken from them. These thoughts may be unwanted but are a part of grief that changes hour to hour, day by day.
Sherine describes the seven stages of grief. To start healing you must go through all stages, but she acknowledges that not everyone will go through these stages at the same time or in the same order.
One of the most important things Sherine shares in her story, and that I completely agree with is that to get through grief, you must work at it. You must want to; and you must go on because there is no other choice, you must go on.
I gave this book Four out of Four Stars because while sharing her journey of grief, she brought me comfort, as I think it will for many parents. I think this book will appeal to anyone that has suffered a profound loss and especially to anyone that has lost a child.
I found the book to be edited so well that I did not find any errors.
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The Ultimate Love
View: on Bookshelves | on Amazon