Seed to Seedling, Growing in the Darkness

In this multilayered book, Heather McBogg takes us on her personal journey of processing the loss of her beloved husband to suicide. Using metaphor, personal process, and poetic memoir, Heather dives in with vulnerable sincerity as she shares the wisdom she has collected along her grief journey. Sharing the dichotomies found within life after loss, Heather hopes her readers can find compassion for themselves and those they love along their journeys. She weaves the healing elements nature has revealed to her with the psychological threads she herself has researched and practiced, helping her readers feel seen and experience a sense of hope as they read.

• • Embracing Grief: Witness the transformative power of sitting with grief in this heartfelt collection of poems and reflections.
  • Growing in the Dark Soil: Follow the author's journey toward safety in a world devoid of her husband, echoed in the story of a seed becoming a seedling.
  • Ebb and Flow of Grief: Feel the full spectrum of grief-from curiosity and strength to fear and regret-captured in a lyrical narrative.
  • The Healing Power of Nature: Discover how a connection with nature holds the potential to provide comfort and renewal, breathing life into a grieving heart.
  • Lifelong Journey: Grief is a lifelong journey asking those who grieve to grow around their loss. This book invites readers to reflect on their own paths to healing.