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Children struggle navigating life after losing a brother. Let this book be a healing roadmap for the child and the adults who love them.

Death is often perceived as an end point. Yet any family who has lost a child, either at birth or at some point in the child’s journey towards adulthood, will acknowledge it is a beginning. The beginning of a life-long grief journey, not just for the parents, but for other family members as well. While tears often come easily, words and actions, many times do not. How does one explain the death of a newborn, or the death of a child in elementary school or even high school, to their brothers and/or sisters? This story invites the grieving child/children, and the adults who love them, through a two-day grief camp experience for children. Three turtles meet at camp. They have each lost a brother. Snappy’s teenage brother Scooter died. Speedy’s newborn brother Bowser died. And Shelly’s young brother Scotty died too. Through the experience of numerous shared camp activities and discussions, the turtles become friends. They learn in the process, that while remembering may make them sad, it can help them to laugh and be happy, too. Speedy learned that even though there wasn’t time to create memories with his newborn brother, he can use his heart and his mind to imagine what life might be like, if his brother had lived. As camp comes to an end, the three friends realize they will always carry their brothers with them, in their heart and in their mind. This book includes many recommendations for techniques to honor and remember their brother. These activities allow the adult(s) and child/children to feel their grief through sharing openly about various grief topics, looking back at memories, and creating tangible remembrances. In time, through the sacred sharing of grief, they will begin to heal together.

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Publié par	WestBow Press
Date de parution	09 février 2023
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781664273108
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	1 Mo

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Copyright © 2023 Kim Vesey.

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by any information storage retrieval system without the written permission of the author except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, names, incidents, organizations, and dialogue in this novel are either the products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

WestBow Press
A Division of Thomas Nelson Zondervan
1663 Liberty Drive
Bloomington, IN 47403
www.westbowpress.com
844-714-3454

Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

Cover and interior images credit: Amy Gantt Designs

ISBN: 978-1-6642-7309-2 (sc)
ISBN: 978-1-6642-7310-8 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2022913201

WestBow Press rev. date: 08/21/2023
A portion of the annual proceeds from
book sales will be donated to nonprofit
organizations which assist grieving children.

Other Books in the What Cloud Series

What Cloud Is My Mommy In?
What Cloud Is My Daddy In?
What Cloud Is My Grandma In?
What Cloud Is My Grandpa In?
What Cloud Is My Sister In?
Coming soon:
What Cloud Is My Pet In?
The book is lovingly dedicated to Jesse, whose 16-year-old brother Ronnie was killed in 2016. It is also dedicated to Aaron, Adrian, and Anthony, whose 16-year-old brother, Amänn, died from an asthma attack in 1998. May they, and all who grieve for their brothers, remember their beloved brothers are with them, in their hearts and in their minds forever.
FOREWORD
T he death of a family member is painful for everyone it touches. As adults we bring many strengths and resources to bear on this happening, including our experiences with previous losses, our confidence in our ability to survive them, our spiritual practices, and fully developed beliefs about life and how things go.
But small children are different. Their strength in this situation comes not from their here and now experience in the world but from the closeness to the world of imagination, of fairy tales, of the magical and the mystical. Few of us still believe that the world includes magic or that when we speak to flowers or insects or fairies, they hear us. But this is a part of the normal world of childhood. Kim Vesey, in this sixth of a series of seven books for children facing a family loss, draws on the inner strengths and world views of young children to offer a sense of closeness and ongoing connection to those who are very young, and a sense of love that is not diminished by death.
I was seven when my beloved grandfather died. I did not talk about him for a long time. When my mother asked me about this, I had told her that things were different, because now I could take Grandpa to school with me, and I spoke with him for many years.
It is often difficult to talk about death with our children when we ourselves are grieving. It is hard to find the words. Reading, “What Cloud Is My Brother In?” with our children offers us a simple way to do this, and in the process, find for ourselves the same deep comfort that we offer our children and the realization that love never ends.

Rachel Naomi Remen, MD
Author, Kitchen Table Wisdom
Concord, CA

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