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Dear Grief,

I shudder to refer to you as “dear.” Yet you have been with me for so long that you have become a part of me, which I suppose entitles you to this term of affection, though my heart grants it unwillingly.

You are an enigmatic and elusive creature, a chameleon, changing color with habitat and season. Some say you pass with time, like grains of sand sifting through my fingers, no longer resting in the safety of my palm. Others say you are a process, as if by accomplishing twelve prescribed steps I could graduate from your possession and be free of you. But you are not a process. You do not pass, at least not in this lifetime.

You dwell with me — in me — but you are not my master. You roam on a leash, tethered by the One who owns you. You haven’t always been here, and one day you’ll disappear, for there’s only one Alpha and Omega. One beginning and one end, and you are neither.

You will not win, nor overcome. You’ve already been subdued and defeated, for “death has been swallowed up by victory” (1 Corinthians 15:54). A day is coming when you’ll be deemed redundant and your crown obsolete. On that day, O Grief, you will no longer be called “dear” . . . nor even a distant memory.

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Unfortunately, grief is not a 12-step process. It may contain five or more general stages, but even these stages are rarely a linear process. Grief is far more often a cyclical journey, like the stages of the moon. Always present, but not always visible.

Since everyone endures loss in their own way, this collection of nine reflective letters to grief personified is descriptive, not prescriptive. Letters to Grief offers readers encouragement and hope to deal with loss and grief in the midst of their own unique circumstances. Readers are invited to reflect on their personal grief experience by writing in the journaling pages throughout the book.

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December 1, 2014
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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00QG5YD6U
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Kate Motaung (December 1, 2014)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 1, 2014
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1266 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 30 pages

Best Sellers Rank: #2,254,120 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #1,350 in Christian Death & Grief Counseling
- #1,584 in 45-Minute Parenting & Relationships Short Reads
- #3,213 in 45-Minute Religion & Spirituality Short Reads

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Kate is the author of A Place to Land: A Story of Longing and Belonging, Letters to Grief, The Five-Minute Writing Prompt Journal, The 31-Day Writing Prompt Journal, The 90-Day Writing Prompt Journal, and A Start-Up Guide for Online Christian Writers, and co-author of Influence: Building a Platform that Elevates Jesus (Not Me).

She is the host of Five Minute Friday (fiveminutefriday.com), an online community that encourages and equips Christian writers, and she blogs at Heading Home (katemotaung.com). Kate is the owner of Refine Services (refineservices.com), a company that offers writing and editing services.

Kate has degree in Bible, theology, and cross-cultural missions from Kuyper College in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and an Honours degree from the Bible Institute of South Africa. She loves writing creative nonfiction and memoir. Kate and her South African husband have three children.

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Anna Smit

Kate gave the pain locked up inside of me a voice

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 2, 2020

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This book became my companion after losing my Mum to cancer in 2014. I didn't finish reading many books I bought during that time. I couldn't concentrate for long. But Kate's book was different.

In her lyrical prose and vivid imagery, Kate gave the pain locked up inside of me a voice. The Scriptural gems dispersed through each letter also filled me with renewed hope and comfort, each time I lingered. I kept returning to read and reread her beautiful and uplifting words.

Now, in this new format with journaling space, Kate's book offers even more support for the grieving. What I love is that her words don't push you to process in a particular way, nor do they judge you. Rather, they illustrate the very real struggles we all walk through in unique ways, which cannot be pressed into a predictable mould.

As Kate puts it near the end of her book, grief is a strange creature:

"Just when we think we've figured out your routine, you change your patterns, throw a tantrum, learn a new trick. You grow into new phases, develop and change with the pages on the calendar. You clamber underfoot, tugging on pant legs until we trip over you, scold you, and apologize."

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JS Loso

A helpful understanding of grief in our lives

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 1, 2020

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No matter what experience you have with grief personally you can relate to the various letters found within. Kate deals respectfully with a tough topic. The writing itself is beautiful as Kate uses literary devices to bring forth vivid imagery displaying the potency of language and the usefulness of expressing yourself through it. Kate handled the topic well, displaying the constancy of grief for a lifetime, but even more importantly, the hope we have in Christ and the promise of eternity rid of grief and other remnants of sin. We clearly see the place of grief in this life while being reminded of the hope for believers. I particularily like the journal pages in the paperback where readers can process through their personal situation. I would reccomend this book for everyone.

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Sarah Geringer

Beautiful and honest poetry to get you through hard times

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 30, 2020

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My friend Kate Motaung published this book of poetry when her mother died from cancer, which she also chronicles in her memoir, A Place to Land. Sometimes poetry is the best language for capturing deep feelings, because it distills our thoughts into concrete images. Her brief poems will resonate with you if you are grieving right now. Even if you have not experienced a literal death, you may be saddled with grief from a living death in our uncertain times. This book can serve as a call to prayer, which will strengthen your faith and resolve. A beautiful song of hope is threaded through this brief book, which I recommend to you.

I received a preview copy of Letters to Grief from the author.

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Rob Natiuk

Thank you for writing these letters for me as I too grieve.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 6, 2015

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How can I read this book with its so-personal feelings and insights into grief? It hurt -- for you see, just 3 weeks ago our daughter died a sudden death, only 42 years old, to viral pneumonia. So fast -- within 12 hours of being taken to emergency. My wife and I couldn't even get there in time to say "good-bye" -- yet through grief and hope we always will have her with us.

The author's hope is that my heart would resonate with her sentiments. So poetic, so in-the-heart, so hopeful but also realistic. The author's hope is that through her letters to grieving readers, they would find "encouragement and hope." But I know there's no magic, no shortening of the process of grieving. Time may not heal. But I treasure this grief, as the author does also. I understand it's because God brought into my life a precious daughter whom I love and always will.

Thanks so much, Kate, for sharing your heart. Just by doing that you do bring me hope and a measure of comfort. Our God is using your honesty expressed so movingly, without being maudlin. Thank you.

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HOPE50

Letters We Don't Want To Write

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 13, 2020

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Kate does a great job of writing out her letters to grief. This is a book, I bought two, I like to have on hand just in case I need to send one out to a grieving loved one. Easy to read and great to use as a gift of blessing.

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Jen

Hope Woven Throughout

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 12, 2014

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Kate's words ring honest throughout this book, and you'll find yourself immersed, flipping through page after page, unable to stop reading her letters to grief. Her deeply personal experiences cry out from every page of this book, and yet it seems like something that was written personally, for me. Grief is a multifaceted, complex process that greets each person different, and yet Kate's letters sound like a cry from my own heart, not just her own.

The best part of this book is the hope woven throughout. In the end, grief will have no hold. Kate faces grief head-on in this book, and yet she knows who will win out in the end. It's a beautiful message of hope and endurance.

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Anita Ojeda

Lyrical Letters Laced with Hope

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 12, 2014

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This short collection of letters exposes the many faces of grief and paints pictures of the constant companion that lingers in our lives long after the grief-invoking event has passed. Inside every picture the artist has painted a shaft of Light that illumines the hope that awaits despite the pain of the moment. If you want to become better acquainted with the 'grief process' this book is for you (although you will discover it's not the process you may have thought it was). If you find grief a constant companion or a fickle friend, this book is for you, too (you'll find hope and assurance).

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A Short Read Which Brings Great Comfort

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 29, 2016

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I bought this book because I enjoy the author's writing, but honestly, I never read it because reading a book on grief when I wasn't grieving seemed hard. Last month marked the anniversary of a relative's death, a relative who died very young. I remembered the book, and I spent the morning reading "Letters to Grief". Motaung's words brought me great comfort, and I pray they are used to comfort other readers as well.

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A Net In Time

this book is a series of letter to Grief. ...

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on January 7, 2015

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this book is a series of letter to Grief. Helpful for people to walk through their own grief. It can be so different for each person.

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