Grief: A Mama's Unwanted Journey



Grief: A Mama's Unwanted Journey BY Shelley Ramsey

Shelley Ramsey gives a real voice to the grieving mother.  She uses her experience and shares how the death of her son, Joseph Ramsey, took her to the brink and how she worked to return to life.  This is the story of a family recovering after the death of a family member.  It is the story of a grieving mother learning to live again after burying her first-born.  She takes the reader through the trials and tribulations of learning to put a life back together after it has been ripped apart.  She does not preach or lecture, but, simply tells her story, giving hope to other grieving mothers.

As a grieving mother myself, I could relate to Shelley Ramsey’s story.  It is comforting to know that feelings and actions are not yours alone.  To know that others have gone through a loss like your own, have felt the same emotions, gone through the same struggles and come out on the other side is refreshing.  Her story is one that no parent should ever have to tell.  But Ramsey tells it with grace and dignity.  She tells it in such a way that it feels as if she is on the sofa holding your hand, helping you make it through your own struggles.  I wholeheartedly recommend this book to any grieving parent, especially to those just beginning this lifelong grieving that occurs when one loses a child.  Shelley Ramsey’s story is any parent’s nightmare and she provides that helping hand to any parent who follows her.