This was an AMAZINGLY healing book for me ! I am so grateful to Kris Carlson, The deeper understanding and totality of healing that her words had upon me, still has yet to fully sink in.
She organizes the book by a mantra that became her way of life as she navigated her way in the journey of moving forward after her husband and life partner of 25 years moved to Heaven “all of a sudden”.
SURRENDER…to grief and the Process of Healing
TRUST…Life and Love Will Lead Me
ACCEPT…There is Divine Order
RECEIVE…Rebirth a New Life
I did not realize I would connect so deeply with this book, or with Kris’s journey because I thought, this is a “widow’s” story. But… Kris Carlson reminded me that the journey of grief and intense pain when someone suddenly physically leaves your familiar existence, connects us all.
I am in a 20 year marriage and had a extremely close bond with my brother for 40 years. Jimbo was my baby brother, only a year younger, we survived many, many trials and tribulations, the biggest being, caring for and burying our terminally ill father, when we were 16 and 17. Heart-Broken Open reminds you that “Life prepares you for Life”
Kristine reminded me of how much of the life we lived “with” our loved one, her Richard, my Jimbo,… can help us find the fullest sense of all we are, our whole being. When you allow pain to break you open, you invite trust and grace in, healing follows naturally. I encourage anyone to read her story and draw strength from her family’s journey.
“My journey through grief has shown me that I am connected to the Earth and to anyone who is open to connection. I am Grounded. I am Strong. I have the courage of a Warrior and the Wisdom of a Shaman. I wouldn’t have known I was like this if I hadn’t lost Richard.” – Kristine Carlson
