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Passed and Present: Keeping Memories of Loved Ones Alive
Allison Gilbert
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Description for Passed and Present: Keeping Memories of Loved Ones Alive
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, Two-color illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: VFJX; VSPM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 154 x 51. Weight in Grams: 322.
Passed and Present is a one-of-a-kind guide for discovering creative and meaningful ways to keep the memory of loved ones alive. Inspiring and imaginative, this bona fide how-to manual teaches us how to remember those we miss most, no matter how long they've been gone. Passed and Present is not about sadness and grieving,it is about happiness and remembering. It is possible to look forward, to live a rich and joyful life, while keeping the memory of loved ones alive. This much-needed, easy-to-use roadmap shares 85 imaginative ways to celebrate and honor ... Read morefamily and friends we never want to forget. Chapter topics include: Repurpose With Purpose: Ideas for transforming objects and heirlooms. Discover ways to reimagine photographs, jewellery, clothing, letters, recipes ,virtually any inherited item or memento. Use Technology: Strategies for your daily, digital life. Opportunities for using computers, scanners, printers, apps, mobile devices, and websites. Not Just Holidays: Tips for remembrance any time of year, day or night, whenever you feel that pull , be it a loved one's birthday, an anniversary, or just a moment when a memory catches you by surprise. Monthly Guide: Christmas, Thanksgiving, Mother's Day, Father's Day, and other special times of year present unique challenges and opportunities. This chapter provides exciting ideas for making the most of them while keeping your loved one's memory alive. Places to Go: Destinations around the world where reflecting and honoring loved ones is a communal activity. This concept is called Commemorative Travel. Also included are suggestions for incorporating aspects of these foreign traditions into your practices at home. Being proactive about remembering loved ones has a powerful and unexpected benefit: it can make you happier. The more we incorporate memories into our year-round lives ,as opposed to sectioning them off to a particular time of year,the more we can embrace the people who have passed, and all that's good and fulfilling in our present. With beautiful illustrations throughout by artist Jennifer Orkin Lewis, Passed and Present includes an introduction by Hope Edelman, bestselling author of Motherless Daughters. Show Less
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About Allison Gilbert
Allison Gilbert is the author of the critically-acclaimed Always Too Soon: Voices of Support for Those Who Have Lost Both Parents, and its follow-up book, Parentless Parents: How the Loss of Our Mothers and Fathers Impacts the Way We Raise Our Children. She is co-editor of Covering Catastrophe: Broadcast Journalists Report September 11, widely considered the definitive oral history of ... Read morehow broadcast journalists covered that historic day. Gilbert has been featured many times on CNN, FOX, MSNBC, ABC, and NPR, and her writing on family and parenting, grief and loss, cancer prevention, and genetic testing appears in numerous publications and websites including CNN.com, the New York Times, The Daily Beast, and Huffington Post. An Emmy award-winning journalist, Gilbert started her career in television news, her work honoured by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, the Associated Press, and the Society of Professional Journalists. She lives outside New York City with her husband and two children. Learn more about Allison at allisongilbert.com. Show Less
Reviews for Passed and Present: Keeping Memories of Loved Ones Alive
Praise for Allison Gilbert's Passed and Present We all want to keep the memories of lost loved ones alive
but how? With tips on everything from transforming heirlooms to marking anniversaries, this lovely book can help.
People magazine Passed and Present isn't a book about grief, it's a celebration of our loved ones and of life itself. Allison ... Read moreGilbert gives us Forget Me Nots
practical, useful, necessary tips for survivors of loss to preserve our memories and live a joyful life. A must for everyone who has suffered loss, which is everybody.
Ann Hood, bestselling author of Comfort: A Journey Through Grief What a wonderful book! Passed and Present is an invaluable resource, a bona fide primer packed with all the ideas and habits we need for remembering loved ones. This is a book about loss, and also about celebration; about the past, the present, and a future that embraces happiness, the people we miss, and all they still mean to us.
Gretchen Rubin, New York Times bestselling author of Better Than Before, Happier at Home, and The Happiness Project Perhaps no one who experiences a terrible loss needs to learn how to grieve. But perhaps everyone needs to learn how to create a memorial without creating an obsession. Allison Gilbert's thoughtful book meets a need that most of us might not have even realized was there.
Jacquelyn Mitchard, bestselling author of The Deep End of the Ocean Allison Gilbert understands not only the need for remembrance but also the profound power of shared stories and mementoes. In Passed and Present she offers a fresh
and most welcome
approach to salving grief and staying connected after loss.
Dawn Raffel, bestselling author of The Secret Life of Objects We now recognize that grief is not about closure and moving on. In fact, keeping a healthy continuing bond with those we loved and lost is normal
and helpful. Allison Gilbert's Passed and Present: Keeping Memories of Our Loved Ones Alive offers a wonderful guide for sustaining that bond.
Dr. Kenneth Doka, senior consultant at Hospice Foundation of America, and past president of the Association for Death Education and Counseling After a loved one dies, nearly all of us are confronted with the same uncertainty
what to do with their belongings, the shirts, pants, jewelry, papers, and all those important and insignificant odds and ends. After my parents died, I could have really used Passed and Present. In this simple and handy book, Allison Gilbert provides surprising opportunities for transforming would-be clutter into cherished keepsakes. This book will do for remembering what Marie Kondo has done for tidying up.
Claire Bidwell Smith, bestselling author of After This and The Rules of Inheritance Allison Gilbert's Passed and Present poignantly urges us to recognize the importance of staying connected to loved ones who have died. Flying in the face of all the cliches out there about letting go, it wisely counsels us to remember mindfully and lovingly
and offers the tools to do so.
Meghan O'Rourke, author of The Long Goodbye There has never been a book like Passed and Present. Allison's eloquent and inviting writing style provides readers with practical and meaningful suggestions for maintaining a continuing connection with loved ones. This is a book everyone, including those of us who work professionally with the bereaved, will read and recommend again and again.
Fredda Wasserman, clinical director of adult programs and education, OUR HOUSE Grief Support Center In a world that urges us to 'move on,' or 'put this behind you,' the bereaved often struggle with a common challenge: how to remember the people they can't imagine living without. With a wide range of creative and compelling suggestions and activities, from food to music and beyond, there's something in Passed and Present for everyone.
Donna Schuurman, senior director of advocacy & training, The Dougy Center for Grieving Children & Families How we remember those we love is as important as what we remember. Allison Gilbert offers creative, resonant ways to keep relationships alive in a positive way with those we love who are no longer here.
Rosanne Cash, four-time Grammy award-winning singer/songwriter and daughter of Johnny Cash In Passed and Present, Allison Gilbert has given us a remarkable gift. By recognizing a newfound thirst for looking back, she leads us step by step in ways to honor our loved ones and rejoice in our ancestors. This book is necessary and simply wonderful!
Benilde Little, bestselling author of Welcome to My Breakdown, Good Hair, and Who Does She Think She Is? I've been lucky to trace my roots with DNA testing. My ancestors are from Nigeria, Cameroon, and the Congo. I didn't know these details until recently, and the discovery has driven me to appreciate those I love and those I've lost even more. Most people don't know I lost my father when I was young. I wear his ring all the time. Allison Gilbert's Passed and Present is an important and timely book. Her creative ideas for remembering arrive at just the right moment in history, guiding millions of us who are yearning to recognize and pay tribute to our past.
Don Lemon, anchor of CNN Tonight with Don Lemon Passed and Present encourages us to remember in a whole new way. Allison Gilbert's sensible, no-nonsense approach provides so many fresh ideas that readers will find inspiration on every page.
Christina Baker Kline, New York Times bestselling author of Orphan Train I was thirteen years old when my dad died. As his firstborn, I inherited all of his belongings but was clueless how to preserve them. I admit to dumping nearly everything in boxes. Thirty years later, Passed and Present has given me reason to open them and begin anew. Gilbert's book is so innovative that it blew my mind. It's more than just making mundane scrapbooks; her novel ideas include using digital technology to bring loved ones into our high tech world. My son will now have a crystal clear image of the grandpa he never knew. Passed and Present is a treasure.
Cheryl Wills, anchor, NY 1 News, author of Die Free: A Heroic Family Tale and The Emancipation of Grandpa Sandy Wills Praise for Allison Gilbert's Always Too Soon Each story here eloquently captures the heart of loss. The lessons, forged in sorrow and eventual acceptance, are invaluable and intensely real.
Senator John Kerry Take this book and treat it like a friend ... You will undoubtedly continue to find comfort in the lives, courage, and determination of the people you meet in this book long after you put it down.
Lois F. Akner, author of How to Survive the Loss of a Parent Readers ... will find hope and comfort in these moving stories.
J. William Worden, author of Grief Counseling and Grief Therapy Show Less
