Straight Browsing from the Library: When Will It Stop Hurting? by Glenn Cameron

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Crystle was the love of his life. For thirty-six years they had done everything together. As retirement approached all he could think of was spending even more time with his beautiful wife, growing old together. Just three years earlier they had sold their home in the Toronto area and moved to Niagara in preparation for retirement. Then on her 58th birthday, Crystle was diagnosed with stage four brain cancer. A terminal diagnosis that Glenn never allowed himself to accept. But just eight months later she had succumbed to her illness and Glenn was thrust into a time filled with uncontrolled grief that seemed to almost suffocate him. This is his real life story. He shares the raw emotions and the dark places he visited in his mind. His story will make you laugh and cry. It will makes you cherish your loved ones. You will be uplifted as you follow his path in overcoming grief. His inspirational story will provide comfort and hope to others struggling with grief.

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On March 8, 2018, my world was shattered. Crystle, my wife of over 36 years passed away at the age of 58. She had been diagnosed with incurable brain cancer. It was an inevitable outcome that my mind had refused to acknowledge. Until it happened. We were entering our retirement years and looking forward to spending time with family and friends at our new home in Niagara.

If this book has spoken to you it is most likely that you, too, have suffered the loss of a loved one. In these pages I share my journey through grief in hopes that it may help you find some nugget of truth to help you defeat grief, for it is a terrible place to linger. I have learned two truths that I believe will be certainties for everyone taking the unwanted trip through the emotionally oppressive space of grief:

1 - No two journeys will be the same. I attended a grief therapy group just a few months after Crystle had passed away. It was a very neutral experience for me, but I know for certain it helped others. It does not mean either of us are somehow wrong, or not doing the things we should be doing to heal. There is no correct set of steps that one must take. Your intuition will tell you what the best choice is for you; trust your intuition.

2 - You will be a changed person. Whether for better or worse, I believe that no man or woman walks the path of grief and comes out the other side the same person. If you can defeat grief you will emerge stronger.

Crystle was, and for me, she will always be my soul mate. I do not use that term lightly. I recently penned in my journal that time is not mitigating our love to a warm memory. For me, it is still very much alive and growing stronger, as I move further past that dreadful day. Crystle and I spent much of our time together. It never really mattered to either one of us what we were doing as long as we were together. We could have been on vacation or snuggled together at home on the couch. We simply wanted to be together.

MEET THE AUTHOR

I grew up in Canada’s east coast and moved to Toronto in my late teens. I was ready to sow my wild oats in the big city. But I met Crystle on a blind date and everything changed. I knew she was the love of my life. I have a business degree from the University of New Brunswick and I have worked in the information technology sector much of my working career. That hardly is credentials for an author, but life makes us all experts, even in areas we may prefer not to hold that title. When Crystle passed my life was forever changed. My grief was so overwhelming I felt I needed to share my story and if even one person is inspired to defeat grief then my writing career will be a success.

Website - https://glenncam.com/
Goodreads - https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/626464.Glenn_Cameron

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