Surviving Sorrow: A Mother’s Guide to Living with Loss

How Do You Survive the Loss of a Child?

There is one call a mother never wants to receive. For Kim Erickson, that call came. The sudden and tragic death of her three-year-old son, Austin, left Kim reeling. Alongside her crippling sorrow, she faced the dreaded stresses of planning a funeral and deciding what to do with Austin’s empty room. In this nightmare, Kim also experienced something she never expected–she met God.

Surviving Sorrow is a guide for any mom who finds herself in this pit of grief. Kim transparently and compassionately shares lessons learned and discusses realities like:

How to communicate your needs to those who are trying to help
How to remain united with your spouse through grief
What it means to transition into a life without your child

Most importantly, Kim identifies the role of God in her sorrow–and her healing–and offers both survival and spiritual steps for moms learning how to continue living in the midst of tragedy. For there is no loss like that of losing a child, and as Kim attests, your heart may break over and over. And there is no roadmap to healing, but there are steps that can be taken to ensure sorrow does not overwhelm, but is survived.