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Foreword

Through our Open to Hope Foundation, with the mission of helping people find hope after loss, we have interviewed thousands of bereaved people and read hundreds of grief and recovery books. We have found Allen Klein’s understanding of the grieving process, and his focus on humor as a healing tool, to be a great addition to the recovery literature.

In this heartwarming book, Embracing Life After Loss, Allen gently walks us through the journey of grief, loss, and recovery. He gives us great and much needed advice but also inspires us through quotes and personal experiences. And he doesn’t miss a beat as he covers the major issues facing the bereaved, including self-forgiveness.

Allen guides us through five stages of going from loss to laughter…losing, learning, letting go, living, and finally, laughing. I know that laughter was a healing part of my grieving process after the death of our beloved son Scott, at age seventeen. Allen’s promptings have inspired me to tell a funny story about my son prior to his death.

My daughter Heidi was off to her freshman year of college. Her brother Scott was a junior in high school. Heidi asked if she could take a small portable television to college with her. As it happened, the television set was residing in Scott’s room. We agreed that she could take the television set, but when it was time for her to leave she found the set handcuffed to Scott’s bed and Scott nowhere to be found. Needless to say, the television set never left the house.

No doubt Allen’s writing will lift your spirit and inspire you to remember and share heartwarming and funny stories of those you have loved and lost. Thank you, Allen, for sharing your life, love, and humor with the world. You’re a one-of-a-kind treasure.

Gloria Horsley, MFC, CNS, PhD

President and cofounder of Open to Hope