What Grief Forgot to Say

Grief is not just about death—it’s about change, loss, transformation, and the many invisible ways we’re asked to let go throughout life. In What Grief Forgot to Say, you’ll journey through the layered, nonlinear experience of grief in all its forms: the death of loved ones, identity shifts, fractured relationships, dreams deferred, and life transitions that leave you forever changed.

This book doesn’t offer clichés or quick fixes. Instead, it offers honesty, lived experience, faith, and gentle guidance through the moments when you're functioning but not okay, when grief resurfaces years later, or when you don’t have the words for what you feel. With warmth and clarity, the chapters explore topics such as cumulative and compound grief, public vs. private mourning, spiritual wrestling, emotional coping, and the quiet power of rituals and support systems.

Born out of the author’s personal losses—most recently the passing of her mother—What Grief Forgot to Say is both a tribute and a roadmap. It’s a reminder that grief doesn’t mean you’re broken. It means you loved deeply. And it invites you to respond to grief in ways that lead not just to healing, but to transformation.

If you’ve ever felt unseen in your sorrow, unsure how to support others, or afraid of what grief might do to you—this book is for you. Because grief may not go away, but it can teach you how to live again.