Hey folks, this is Kevin. On this week's episode of Riskyl here, Hemda!

Why would we be friends? Obviously this isn't working. I looked at your penis. I didn't like it. We're gonna move on.

That and more, but before that, folks, there is a book that has come to mean so much to me in the past couple of years.

I just never ceases to amaze me.

How much wisdom and support are between this book's covers.

The book is Grief Day by Day by Jan Warner. Simple practices and daily guidance for living with loss.

Now, full disclosure, Jan Warner is a very dear friend of mine.

When Jan shared the story of the loss of her beloved husband, Arty, in my storytelling class a decade ago,

I was so blown away that the two of us ended up becoming really good friends.

Now, Jan has a background in therapy.

But that's not the only way she gained all the insights you'll find in Grief Day by Day.

Jan Warner started a Facebook group called Grief Speaks Out, which has almost 2.5 million likes

and followers from all over the world who share about how they're coping with the loss of a spouse or a child or a sibling or even a pet.

Listen, my father passed away in July of 2020.

And I can admit right now, I am still processing that.

You know, what I love about this book, Grief Day by Day, is that it's so real.

There's a lot of real talk in it, open to any page, and there are insights about the joy of remembering the good times

or the wildness of mood swings or the love you share with others while you're grieving or the unhealthier coping mechanisms

or numbness or the exhausting overwhelm from dealing with so much.

You know, since my father died, my mother has gone through Grief Day by day twice already,

and I think she's going to go for a third time through, it's that full of love and genuinely surprising insights and encouragement.

Not to mention quotes from some of the greatest writers of all time on the many, many aspects of Grief.

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