My story
I’ve walked through losses most people cannot imagine.
A three-year illness brought me to Heaven’s door, where I was miraculously healed and shown what lay ahead so I could help others.
I had already lost my two precious baby girls before they ever set foot on earth. When I returned from Heaven, I knew what was coming: the passing of my mother, my father, my brother, and then my beautiful 28-year-old son, Jonny. One after another, they suddenly went home to Heaven.
That kind of trauma, especially child loss, can lead to something called complicated grief. And that affected me as well, even though I knew ahead of time. That’s why I wrote the curriculum to prevent complicated grief or help someone going through it. Because up to 60% of parents who lose adult children can experience complicated grief. Whether it is the loss to their grandchildren, sibling alienation, it is complicated. There is no blame here. The pain also led to my marriage ending after. We are friends now with proper boundaries, he is a good person, but not a good husband.
When someone is grieving, especially after the loss of a child, they may suddenly seem like a different person. If they are angry or distant, it is not them. It is the grief moving through them.
But through all my losses, I found joy. Real, sustaining joy.
If I can find light after walking through this valley, so can you.Kathryn Anderson
