{"product_id":"broken-hearts-butterflies-a-grief-memoir-from-a-z-hardcover","title":"Broken Hearts \u0026 Butterflies: A Grief Memoir from A-Z - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSabine Strutz\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAfter my 14-month-old son Lukas died, I learned that grief is not only about missing the person you lost. It reaches into every part of your life.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe person you were.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe people around you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe future you thought was waiting for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe ordinary things you never knew would become treasures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBroken Hearts \u0026amp; Butterflies is my story of what happened to me after my world changed forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI write about the anger, guilt, fear, loneliness, and relentless missing. About friendships changing and people disappearing. About memories that can make you smile and break your heart at the same time. About the milestones that keep coming and all the tomorrows that never came.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd I write about love. Because losing Lukas did not make me stop being his mama or loving him with everything I have.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe chapters move from A to Z through the many emotions and realities of grief. Not as stages to complete or a way to move on, but as pieces of a life I had to learn to carry after losing my little boy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI can't make sense of losing Lukas. I can only tell you what it has been like to live without him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI wrote the things I often couldn't explain to people who had never experienced a loss like mine. The thoughts that felt too painful, too uncomfortable, or sometimes even too ugly to say out loud.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you are grieving, I hope you recognize pieces of your own heart in these pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd if you love someone who is grieving, I hope my words help you understand a little more of what they may not know how to tell you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis is my grief. My love. My life after Lukas.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBecause all these years later, he is still my son. And I am still his mama.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 460\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.38 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 31, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45361989812275,"sku":"9798822957602","price":141.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0693\/2191\/6467\/files\/R-Yw8n8Lp79798822957602.webp?v=1794664286","url":"https:\/\/thereadinghousebookcompany.com\/products\/broken-hearts-butterflies-a-grief-memoir-from-a-z-hardcover","provider":"The Reading House Book Company","version":"1.0","type":"link"}