Love Never Dies: A Mother's Journey from Loss to Love (Hardcover)

by Sandy Goodman (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review
It's never comfortable to read, or even think, about grief. And Love Never Dies is many things--eloquent, sweet, touching, and powerful--but it is definitely not an easy read. Sandy Goodman has taken brave steps past Kübler-Ross's work (On Death and Dying), and here she challenges us to open ourselves to a different set of stages that she labels numbness, unrelenting pain, searching, and reinventing. She writes with comforting openness about pretending that she was progressing through the standard stages, was "getting over" the death of her son, and was searching for a more clearly defined faith. She also is frank about the real need to continue acknowledging birthdays as well as the anniversary of death, and provides a few specific suggestions for friends to help those going through grief, such as asking, "How are you really doing since [he] died," instead of merely, "How are you?"

Each chapter closes with a short message in bold print, written from the point of view of Goodman's dead son, Jason. She clarifies in the introduction that this is not channeling or automatic writing, merely her best guess as to what he might have to add to her own thoughts. Regardless of your point of view on these additions, it is clear that Jason is continually present to his family.

While the particular focus of the book relates to parental grief, much of it is both useful and appropriate for anyone dealing with a powerful loss. --Jill Lightner

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"Sandy Goodman poignantly captures the profound journey of a bereaved mother's heart, from despair to reunion. Love Never Dies is a must-read for all those who have lost a precious child!" --Judy Guggenheim, co-author of Hello From Heaven!

"Sandy Goodman's journey through loss and renewal means that those faced with similar circumstances and challenges will not need to do it without guidance. That in itself is a divine gift." --James Redfield, author of The Celestine Prophecy

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 208 pages
• Publisher: Jodere Group (March 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1588720152
• ISBN-13: 978-1588720153
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (47 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #150,535 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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41 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Love Never Dies, January 8, 2003

By	Beatrice Hofman (Flushing, NY United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

After my daughter passed in June 2002 I could not understand why at some moments I was still able to feel the same relationship of Love and Closeness that my daughter and I had always shared. It was as if she was still with me. There were times of deep sorrow mostly but there was always that profound Love. It wasn't until I ended up on Sandy Goodman's website somehow and she so thoughtfully replied to me that I was guided to this miraculous healing book and understood why.

It was everything I needed and more. It validated Love is eternal. Love truly never dies and it was Sandy Goodman I have to thank for bringing me to this realization through the words of her son Jason. Thank you.

45 of 46 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars For Bereaved Parents Willing to Keep an Open Mind and Heart, April 22, 2002

By	Jane C Gray (Round Mountain, CA United States) - See all my reviews

Riveting, Awe Inspiring, and quite simply, "A Must Read" - You won't want to put this one down! Since my Son's untimely and tragic death, I have read quite a few books...anything that I could grab hold of, to help me through this trying time in my life. And while each and everyone of them have helped in their own way, nothing quite touched my heart as this book, by Sandy Goodman. For anyone who has lost anyone, especially a child, this book can help you to learn, to open your heart, to open your mind, and simply to understand that the love and bond, between a Mother or a Father, and their Child, is so much stronger than you ever could imagine. It helps you to learn and to guide you through the roller coaster that you will be riding, as your journey through grief and the healing process begins. In reading this book, the lesson I learned was that the journey with my Son is not over, it's just barely getting started. It helped me to realize that I'm not grasping at straws in order to keep his memory alive. I think that Sandy Goodman has stated it quite plainly...."Love Never Dies".

43 of 47 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Let Yourself Believe That Which You Already Know, April 8, 2002

By	"peigofireland" (Montana) - See all my reviews

I thank Sandy for sharing her journey from devastating sorrow to bountiful love. Sandy has opened her heart, with the help of Jason, to conquer the status quo concepts of death. She has overcome the barricade of the veil to see life on the other side. I have not, thanks be to God, lost a child to spirit, but I have "lost" many close to me. This book is not a band-aid for grief. It is a solution to accept death and remember the life of your loved ones without the guilt of feeling the grief or the guilt often felt when expressing to others the celebration of life of those you grieve.

You are reading this review. How did you come upon this page and read these reviews? Because you are reading this review shows enough character representation/validation to order the book and find those whom you think you have "lost." . For those who already believe in life after death, the different facets of this book show the other angles of spirit beyond the physical organic body.

A simulation of life, death and spirit I use is how each of us view the various ever-changing colors we see in a prism or how we observe a rainbow. Would you prefer to know that the rainbow is a bunch of dirt and water? Would you prefer to believe that your loved one is six feet under and that is the end of a person you have loved as they have loved you?

Would you prefer to believe your loved one is with you even after the physical body has given out? Your mind has told you your loved ones are with you. They are with you in your spirit, your thoughts and your deeds. It is okay that you can still love them. It is okay to acknowledge them.

This book is bursting with love and sharing. I recommend Love Never Dies inclusive of those that have or are mourning the loss of their loved ones, and also to those persons who know there is more to those "coincidences" than meets the eye.

Allow yourself to go to the "inner" beyond, to the "minds eye" and acknowledge and validate those of yours, in spirit and in life. Peace and love to you, reader. May you be helped on your journey.