Letters to the Year I Lost You

For the year everyone else moves on, but you're still learning how to breathe without them.Letters to the Year I Lost You is a month-by-month grief companion for the first twelve months after losing someone you love. Written as a series of gentle, honest letters, it walks with you through the shock of month one, the anger of month three, the guilt of forgetting small details, the dread of the approaching anniversary, and the strange guilt of feeling joy again - naming exactly what most grief books skip past.Unlike generic grief guides, this book doesn't rush you toward "moving on." Each chapter meets you exactly where the calendar says you should be, whether that's month two (when everyone else's support quietly disappears) or month eleven (when the anniversary itself starts looming). Every chapter closes with a real letter you can write yourself - to the person you lost, to your own guilt, to the version of you still learning to carry this.What's inside:- 12 month-by-month chapters covering shock, anger, bargaining, guilt, loneliness, and the anniversary itself- A real letter-writing practice in every chapter, with models to borrow from- A section on the physical, practical, and social weight of grief no one warns you about- Twenty-four short blessings to return to on the hardest days- A clickable table of contents so you can jump straight to whatever month you're inPerfect for anyone grieving a parent, spouse, sibling, friend, or child within their first year of loss - and a thoughtful, comforting gift for someone who just lost someone important, when you don't know what else to say. Give it alongside a card, or keep it for yourself for the months ahead.