For Now: A Simple Reflection on Loss

For Now is a simple book about grief. It is intended as a gift for the grieving when no gift feels like enough. As a therapist, friend, and mother for over twenty years, I have experienced my own loss, but have more frequently, sat with the sadness of others. When someone you care about is in profound pain the words can be hard to find and a comforter can feel inadequate. This small work is a labor of love and in offering it, the giver hopes that you, the recipient, know how much you are held through your pain. When the world seems to stand still and yet it does not, you have a companion who understands your immobility. When you feel alone despite the many people around you, you have a friend waiting in the wings and holding space for your return. Where there is compassion there is hope, even in the darkest of chapters. Grief comes from all kinds of losses. With this small token, we send you love in your healing. Just as there is no tidy resolution for your healing, neither does our love have an end. With warm embrace, Amy Johnson Chong