When Grief Comes Before Goodbye — book cover
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When Grief Comes Before Goodbye

A Christian Caregiver's Journal for the Dementia Journey

“Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.” — Matthew 5:4

Paperback · 187 pages · 8.5 x 11 inches · Ships from Amazon

✝ Scripture Throughout Guided Journal Prompts ✓ For the Dementia Journey Printed in the USA

The Grief No One Talks About — Grieving Someone Who Is Still Here

There is a grief that begins long before the funeral — the grief of watching dementia slowly take someone you love while they are still sitting across the table. Counselors call it anticipatory grief. Caregivers just call it Tuesday. This guided journal gives that grief a safe place to go: gentle prompts that help you put words to what you're losing, Scripture that meets you in the sorrow, and space to be completely honest with God about all of it — the sadness, the anger, the guilt, and the love.

What's Inside

Guided Journal Prompts

Gentle questions that help you name and process a grief that has no roadmap.

Scripture for the Sorrow

God's Word woven throughout — comfort for the mourning, strength for the road ahead.

Room to Be Honest

Generous writing space for the feelings caregivers rarely get to say out loud.

Walks the Whole Journey

From early losses to the hardest days — a companion for every stage.

Made With Love For…

Dementia & Alzheimer's caregivers

For anyone grieving the slow goodbye — you are not crazy, and you are not alone.

Adult children & spouses

The daughter losing her mother by inches; the husband missing the wife beside him.

Grief support & church ministries

A meaningful resource for caregiver groups and pastoral care.

“The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.”
— Psalm 34:18

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