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Prepare to have your heart broken when you read In the Cleft: Joy Comes in the Mourning. In return you will discover how people endure the worst of tragedies. With devastating honesty, Dana Goodman writes about the loss of her 30-year-old husband, her young son, and her mother-in-law to cancer. If that is not enough, she must also try to support her second husband through his cancer battle at the same time her son is diagnosed with a deadly brain tumour. She answers nightmarish questions that parents sometimes torture themselves with, such as how would a mother or father tell a beloved child that he is dying and there is nothing to be done to save him. Dana outlines with incredible insight her most desperate moments; her irrational, frantic efforts to ward off cancer; and her anger with the God she so deeply loves. She describes how her husband and son dealt with their terminal illnesses and how her younger son, other family members, and friends coped with events that seemed too terrible to be real. Yet, she also writes of hope, gratitude, and forgiveness. In the most beautiful but simple prose, she reveals how people are able to draw upon deep inner strength even in the darkest hours. Intertwined with the pain and sadness, there are tales of adventure and physical endurance, and humour. This uniquely personal book will help grieving people understand they are not alone. It will offer awareness to others who simply wonder why things happen and how those who are struck down by life's tragedies are able to emerge again into the light. In the Cleft: Joy Comes in the Mourning offers refuge to the saddest hearts and hope for all of us who fear we would not be able to go on. -Susan Duncan danagoodmaninthecleft.com… (lisätietoja)
Losing a child has to be one of the most devastating of losses. Add to this the loss of a young husband and you have an unimaginable story. We all want to believe that our children and young spouses will recover from cancer and go on to live rich, full lives. But this doesn’t happen for Dana Goodman’s son, Zach and her young husband, Jay. How in the world does one cope with such heartbreaking back-to-back losses?
Therein lies the beauty and raw truth of Dana’s story. With candor and eloquence . Dana shows us her heartache and hope as she travels through her “valley of sorrows”. In the process, she uplifts us with her perseverance, resilience and strong faith in God through vivid descriptions, realistic dialogue, gripping narration and a healthy dose of humor.
Because Jay and Zach come alive on the page, we feel the depth of her anguish over watching them decline and losing them. Much to this reader’s relief, she effectively weaves in the lighter moments and happier times and we get to experience her growth and healing after these deep losses. We celebrate when she marries again and moves on to a happy, fulfilled life while honoring Zach’s and Jay’s memories.
This is a riveting memoir that spreads hope through faith. It can serve as a guidebook for anyone who has suffered the devastating loss of a loved one. ( )
Dana Goodman is definitely a courageous woman. I say this ot because she has had to handle the death of three family members such a short time, but because of how she handled it. God does't promise hid children a life of eas. He promises to walk with us continually through these dark valleys. This raw look at Dana and her grief was not sugar coated. It was not full of only the great things God helped her through. This was full of reality. Her true thoughts and feelings. Feelings that God was a puny God who could not help her. Anyone who has lost someone to a slow diseas has the feelings. Not everyone will admit it. That doesn't mean as Christians that we don't have them. It means when those feelings hit us, we rely on God to walk with us, and if need be to carry us for awhile. This book was hard to read because at this moment I have a friend who is walking this same path. Her daughter has been sick for such a long time and now her brain cancer is ravishing her body. It is painful to watch my friend go through this. Like Dana, she is such an inspiration as has her daughter been to us. She has leaned on God and let us know how tough it is. She is not walking this valley alone but with Jesus at her side. This is a book I think everyone should read whether they are or have gone through anything like this. I will definitely recommend this to family and friends. I am sharing this with my other who teaches a Grief Share class at church and has since shortly after losing my father and my sister. You can find other grief resources on Dana's site. I received a copy to facilitate my review, the opinions expressed here are my own. ( )
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I dedicate this book to my hero and son, Zach Laird, who lived fully, richly, and selflessly. He laughed when there was nothing to laugh about and persevered when everyone else I know would have given up. Zach is my teacher, leading me toward greater faith and love. Zach points me to Christ in the way he loved, forgave, and saw the best in all people. I miss you forever, Zach.
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“I sensed Jesus wiping our tears. He looked into our aching hearts and wept along with us.”
“For a long time after Jay’s death, life ebbed and flowed, full colour one moment and then dark night the next. I called it the grief dance.”
“Anger tricked me into thinking I could fight cancer with adrenalin.”
“… delving into our feelings would be like setting a match to gasoline.”
“Cancer could not destroy the parts of my children’s personalities that had been unique to them since they were born.”
“Zach and Carter’s enthusiasm reminded me that our family life had not been reduced to facts, prognoses and to-do lists. Their personalities buoyed the heavy cancer atmosphere and wove into my pain like balm.”
“My inward grief was terrifyingly loud, but outwardly it was silent.”
“Around each twist and turn in the road there was a false summit.”
“I wondered if I would ever be in such an intimate place with God.”
“As the months passed, God’s compassion melted away the sharp edges of my grief… the shadows became gray instead of black…”
“Suffering up close looks like a bleeding mess of broken dreams.”
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Prepare to have your heart broken when you read In the Cleft: Joy Comes in the Mourning. In return you will discover how people endure the worst of tragedies. With devastating honesty, Dana Goodman writes about the loss of her 30-year-old husband, her young son, and her mother-in-law to cancer. If that is not enough, she must also try to support her second husband through his cancer battle at the same time her son is diagnosed with a deadly brain tumour. She answers nightmarish questions that parents sometimes torture themselves with, such as how would a mother or father tell a beloved child that he is dying and there is nothing to be done to save him. Dana outlines with incredible insight her most desperate moments; her irrational, frantic efforts to ward off cancer; and her anger with the God she so deeply loves. She describes how her husband and son dealt with their terminal illnesses and how her younger son, other family members, and friends coped with events that seemed too terrible to be real. Yet, she also writes of hope, gratitude, and forgiveness. In the most beautiful but simple prose, she reveals how people are able to draw upon deep inner strength even in the darkest hours. Intertwined with the pain and sadness, there are tales of adventure and physical endurance, and humour. This uniquely personal book will help grieving people understand they are not alone. It will offer awareness to others who simply wonder why things happen and how those who are struck down by life's tragedies are able to emerge again into the light. In the Cleft: Joy Comes in the Mourning offers refuge to the saddest hearts and hope for all of us who fear we would not be able to go on. -Susan Duncan danagoodmaninthecleft.com
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Therein lies the beauty and raw truth of Dana’s story. With candor and eloquence . Dana shows us her heartache and hope as she travels through her “valley of sorrows”. In the process, she uplifts us with her perseverance, resilience and strong faith in God through vivid descriptions, realistic dialogue, gripping narration and a healthy dose of humor.
Because Jay and Zach come alive on the page, we feel the depth of her anguish over watching them decline and losing them. Much to this reader’s relief, she effectively weaves in the lighter moments and happier times and we get to experience her growth and healing after these deep losses. We celebrate when she marries again and moves on to a happy, fulfilled life while honoring Zach’s and Jay’s memories.
This is a riveting memoir that spreads hope through faith. It can serve as a guidebook for anyone who has suffered the devastating loss of a loved one. (