{"product_id":"once-a-parent-always-a-parent-life-after-the-loss-of-a-child","title":"Once a Parent, Always a Parent: Life After the Loss of a Child","description":"\u003ch3 class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0HGBSF5Y7?maas=maas_adg_8B49CE342AE9D05F03422ED78B0BCDB1_afap_abs\u0026amp;ref_=aa_maas\u0026amp;tag=maas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eBUY ON AMAZON\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLosing a child changes everything.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut after the funeral, after the calls and messages begin to fade, another question quietly takes their place:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow am I supposed to live the rest of my life without them?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe birthdays still come. The holidays still arrive. You watch their friends grow older. You encounter people who don't know what happened. You feel the strange guilt of laughing again—or having a good day.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd sometimes you worry that moving forward might somehow mean leaving your child behind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOnce a Parent, Always a Parent\u003c\/strong\u003e was written for this part of grief.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNot to tell you how to “get over” the loss.\u003cbr\u003eNot to give you a timetable for healing.\u003cbr\u003eAnd not to suggest that life simply returns to what it was before.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWritten by a father who lost his own son, this is an honest and compassionate exploration of what it means to continue living while continuing to love the child who is no longer physically here.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInside, you'll find understanding for the moments that can be hardest to explain to anyone who hasn't lived them—the memories you're afraid of losing, the milestones your child should have been here for, the guilt that can accompany happiness, and the question of who you are now.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut this isn't only a book about grief.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIt's about learning how grief, love, purpose—and eventually even joy—can exist in the same life.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBecause moving forward doesn't mean moving on.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou don't have to forget your child to keep living. You don't have to stop saying their name. And you don't have to leave behind the love that made you their parent in the first place.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYour relationship has changed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYour love hasn't.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd no matter how much time passes, one truth remains:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOnce a parent, always a parent.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0HGBSF5Y7?maas=maas_adg_8B49CE342AE9D05F03422ED78B0BCDB1_afap_abs\u0026amp;ref_=aa_maas\u0026amp;tag=maas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eBUY ON AMAZON\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e","brand":"Stephen L Randell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44134296649802,"sku":null,"price":13.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/8378\/6314\/files\/FBAd1.png?v=1788003268","url":"https:\/\/stephenlrandell.com\/products\/once-a-parent-always-a-parent-life-after-the-loss-of-a-child","provider":"Stephen L Randell","version":"1.0","type":"link"}