#captureyourgrief day 13 - Book - Farther Along
We are a society of independence and self-help. Take a stroll down the aisles of any bookstore and note how many titles are devoted to do-it-yourself and fixing yourself. From plumbing to dieting, there’s a “For Dummies” book for just about anything. Just about.
There is no such book as Surviving Baby Loss for Dummies.
And rightly so. The journey from darkness is different for each of us. Yet, we can find direction in sharing our stories… and in writing our own.
I am currently participating in a four-week writing workshop for bereaved parents, through which I have been introduced to the book Farther Along: The Writing Journey of Thirteen Bereaved Mothers. I have just started to work through it, so I cannot yet speak of it fully; however, all that I have read and the prompts that I have written from so far have been helpful.
This is a wonderful guide for any mother who has lost a child—not just writers—to help get thoughts down on paper, to allow those thoughts to be identified, sorted through, and ultimately worked through.
I felt such a dry spell in my writing during my pregnancy with Alexander. (This has been the case during all of my pregnancies.) And then, since losing him, I have had a difficult time writing poetry still. I miss it. But I am still spinning my wheels. I am hoping that the prompts and guidance of Farther Along will help me to find my voice again.
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