Common Threads Nine Widows' Journeys Through Love Loss and Healing Diane S Kaimann Books
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The middle-aged women described within the chapters of "Common Threads" are ordinary yet extraordinary. They have faced one of life's greatest challenges, working day-in and day-out to design new lives for themselves. As readers witness the resilience of the human spirit, they come to a new perspective on their own experiences, recognizing the good still in their lives. "Common Threads" is a tender and warm embrace, a story of faith and love, of insight, determination, independence and strength. These women's large and small victories are metaphors for hope and continuity.
Common Threads Nine Widows' Journeys Through Love Loss and Healing Diane S Kaimann Books
COMMON THREAD by Diane S. KaimannSeveral years ago I attended my friend's eighth birthday party and sat next to a woman who would impact my life in ways I could not foresee. I was introduced and seated next to Diane Kaimann, now Diane Forman.
Diane is a tall, slim, beautiful woman who has an energy and spirit I admired immediately. She and I had chemistry and a friendship was formed. Diane mention that she taught a creative writing class that met monthly at various homes of the participants, and invited me to test it out, first class was free. My mother wrote her memoirs, but she was creative and talented with words. Her stories took on a life of their own when put down on paper, I didn't think I had this talent. Diane assured me that I did and could write as well as my mother. My first assignment was to write and describe my grandmothers kitchen. That was my first endeavor and the stories and memories keep coming.
COMMON THREAD is Diane's journey through love, loss and healing when her husband, Dick, after twelve years of marriage, suddenly died on their vacation in Hawaii.
During one of our Monday morning classes, Diane mentioned she had written about her experience I asked her if I could read her book. I knew of her loss, but didn't want to delve into such a sensitive subject. I wanted to know more about Diane, and this would be an excellent way to get to know her intimately and without be threatening. The other reason I wanted to read this book, is... several of my friends have experienced or are experiencing their husband's illnesses, nursing homes, and death and although I wish Bob, my beloved, to live to one hundred and twenty years, I wanted to be aware of how generally, women handle this experience. I wanted to know about their coping strategies, grief and finally their healing, and do they really ever heal. I don't want to be tested to see how I will handle Bob's demise, but in reality someday I will have to face what we all have to face.
This beautifully written book by Diane is an exquisite understanding of her pain and process of grief and healing. She introduces the reader to nine other women who have also reestablished their identities after the passing of their spouses. Reading this book, I thought, would be an informational exercise, but much to my surprise, it's breath and depth of each woman's individual process made me slow down my reading in order to absorb the journey they successfully made. Diane, Eliana, Ramona, Sue and others women's stories relieved the fear that nestled in the back of my head, as I see and hear about my friends, and family members going through their journeys. This book gave me the comfort, answered my questions that I was looking for. Thank you Diane.
If you want to order the book, call me or e-mail me and I can get you in contact with Diane. I am sure she will be happy to hear from you.
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Donna E Neubauer COMMON THREAD by Diane S. Kaimann Several years ago I attended my friend's eighth birthday party and sat next to a woman who would impact my life in ways I could not foresee. I was introduced and seated next to Diane Kaimann, now Diane Forman. Diane is a tall, slim, beautiful woman who has an energy and spirit I admired immediately. She and I had chemistry and a friendship was formed. Diane mention that she taught a creative writing class that met monthly at various homes of the participants, and invited me
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COMMON THREAD by Diane S. Kaimann
Several years ago I attended my friend's eighth birthday party and sat next to a woman who would impact my life in ways I could not foresee. I was introduced and seated next to Diane Kaimann, now Diane Forman.
Diane is a tall, slim, beautiful woman who has an energy and spirit I admired immediately. She and I had chemistry and a friendship was formed. Diane mention that she taught a creative writing class that met monthly at various homes of the participants, and invited me to test it out, first class was free. My mother wrote her memoirs, but she was creative and talented with words. Her stories took on a life of their own when put down on paper, I didn't think I had this talent. Diane assured me that I did and could write as well as my mother. My first assignment was to write and describe my grandmothers kitchen. That was my first endeavor and the stories and memories keep coming.
COMMON THREAD is Diane's journey through love, loss and healing when her husband, Dick, after twelve years of marriage, suddenly died on their vacation in Hawaii.
During one of our Monday morning classes, Diane mentioned she had written about her experience I asked her if I could read her book. I knew of her loss, but didn't want to delve into such a sensitive subject. I wanted to know more about Diane, and this would be an excellent way to get to know her intimately and without be threatening. The other reason I wanted to read this book, is... several of my friends have experienced or are experiencing their husband's illnesses, nursing homes, and death and although I wish Bob, my beloved, to live to one hundred and twenty years, I wanted to be aware of how generally, women handle this experience. I wanted to know about their coping strategies, grief and finally their healing, and do they really ever heal. I don't want to be tested to see how I will handle Bob's demise, but in reality someday I will have to face what we all have to face.
This beautifully written book by Diane is an exquisite understanding of her pain and process of grief and healing. She introduces the reader to nine other women who have also reestablished their identities after the passing of their spouses. Reading this book, I thought, would be an informational exercise, but much to my surprise, it's breath and depth of each woman's individual process made me slow down my reading in order to absorb the journey they successfully made. Diane, Eliana, Ramona, Sue and others women's stories relieved the fear that nestled in the back of my head, as I see and hear about my friends, and family members going through their journeys. This book gave me the comfort, answered my questions that I was looking for. Thank you Diane.
Donna Neubauer
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Common Threads Nine Widows' Journeys Through Love Loss and Healing Diane S Kaimann Books Reviews
I have more experience with grief and loss than I would like. As a former grief counselor and nursing instructor, I have read many books about the grief process. Diane Kaimann's book stands above the rest, as it is written from the heart, and is easily understood by anyone. Diane takes you into the homes of the people she interviewed, making you feel as if you are there with her. Her own poignant story takes you on her journey from shock to despair to learning to live with her loss. Anyone who has experienced a loss or who ever will, must read this compelling and heart rendering book.
Diane Kaimann's "Common Threads" intermingles her own story of sudden widowhood with accounts of the losses endured by a group of (disguised) friends. The narrative is vivid and heartfelt, objective without being dispassionate. Neither Kaimann nor her peers come off as whiny or weak. In fact, the reader wonders how some of these women survived their spouses' long illnesses and the sustained caregiving and adjustments in their personal and family lives that preceded the actual deaths.
Kaimann, however, was spared both the suffering and the potential gratification of saying a final "goodbye." Her husband, Dick, died abruptly while scuba diving off a Maui beach. It was near the end of a vacation in "paradise." While she worried that Dick continued to pursue diving opportunities despite a history of heart disease, she indulged his love for the activity, hoping that his doctor's permit was well-advised. So, with a hearty "have fun, see you later," she took a walk and returned to their hotel less than two hours later to witness an ambulance whisking her husband, in cardiac arrest, to a hospital. By the time she caught up, doctors told her that resuscitation efforts had failed. Half a world away from her Milwaukee home, Kaimann left "paradise" and traveled back alone--to a whole new existence.
How she and the others have turned existence into renewed living encompasses a variety of everyday situations funeral preparations, a widow's group at the synagogue, travel, entertaining, dining out, encountering well-meaning (but still married) friends and family, house and car maintenance. Each story has its heart-tugging facets, yet there is humor Kaimann's battle with a resident mouse, a friend's grandson taking "Grampy's" chair for the first holiday dinner without "Grampy."
Faith has helped some, therapy others. Where one immediately went back to work or travel, another held back and welcomed the rabbi's "permission" to not attend an out-of-town family wedding. Kaimann, dabbling in psychometric and psychic encounters, "hears" Dick's guidance and encouragement.
That one cannot generalize about--or judge--responses to loss, grief, mourning and recovery is the ultimate truth in Kaimann's book. She gently lets us know that, despite "common threads," it is an individual journey. And there is no right or wrong road on that journey.
As a psychologist, both in private practice and as a radio host, I work often in the field of grief counseling. Because of this, I am pleased to recommend Common Threads Nine Widows' Journeys through Love, Loss and Healing as an important book on the subject. Told with remarkable honesty, the stories are close to the bone, portraying the shock of the spouse's death, the rocky journey with no roadmap, and the roller-coaster ride of the first few months and years. Each of the women, in her own way, faced the universal as well as the unique challenges of her new world. Each found her own path and pace to healing.
The book flows easily, is often lyrical, sometimes humorous --- a rare quality in a book on this topic. In its pages, mourners can learn ways to help them cope, and those who care for them can learn how best to respond to another's loss. The book gives help and hope to people moving through the most difficult of times. Like Tuesdays with Morrie, Common Threads is a book about living life to the fullest and about the victory of the human spirit.
COMMON THREAD by Diane S. Kaimann
Several years ago I attended my friend's eighth birthday party and sat next to a woman who would impact my life in ways I could not foresee. I was introduced and seated next to Diane Kaimann, now Diane Forman.
Diane is a tall, slim, beautiful woman who has an energy and spirit I admired immediately. She and I had chemistry and a friendship was formed. Diane mention that she taught a creative writing class that met monthly at various homes of the participants, and invited me to test it out, first class was free. My mother wrote her memoirs, but she was creative and talented with words. Her stories took on a life of their own when put down on paper, I didn't think I had this talent. Diane assured me that I did and could write as well as my mother. My first assignment was to write and describe my grandmothers kitchen. That was my first endeavor and the stories and memories keep coming.
COMMON THREAD is Diane's journey through love, loss and healing when her husband, Dick, after twelve years of marriage, suddenly died on their vacation in Hawaii.
During one of our Monday morning classes, Diane mentioned she had written about her experience I asked her if I could read her book. I knew of her loss, but didn't want to delve into such a sensitive subject. I wanted to know more about Diane, and this would be an excellent way to get to know her intimately and without be threatening. The other reason I wanted to read this book, is... several of my friends have experienced or are experiencing their husband's illnesses, nursing homes, and death and although I wish Bob, my beloved, to live to one hundred and twenty years, I wanted to be aware of how generally, women handle this experience. I wanted to know about their coping strategies, grief and finally their healing, and do they really ever heal. I don't want to be tested to see how I will handle Bob's demise, but in reality someday I will have to face what we all have to face.
This beautifully written book by Diane is an exquisite understanding of her pain and process of grief and healing. She introduces the reader to nine other women who have also reestablished their identities after the passing of their spouses. Reading this book, I thought, would be an informational exercise, but much to my surprise, it's breath and depth of each woman's individual process made me slow down my reading in order to absorb the journey they successfully made. Diane, Eliana, Ramona, Sue and others women's stories relieved the fear that nestled in the back of my head, as I see and hear about my friends, and family members going through their journeys. This book gave me the comfort, answered my questions that I was looking for. Thank you Diane.
If you want to order the book, call me or e-mail me and I can get you in contact with Diane. I am sure she will be happy to hear from you.
BOOK RECOMMENDATION - Common Thread (4)
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Donna E Neubauer COMMON THREAD by Diane S. Kaimann Several years ago I attended my friend's eighth birthday party and sat next to a woman who would impact my life in ways I could not foresee. I was introduced and seated next to Diane Kaimann, now Diane Forman. Diane is a tall, slim, beautiful woman who has an energy and spirit I admired immediately. She and I had chemistry and a friendship was formed. Diane mention that she taught a creative writing class that met monthly at various homes of the participants, and invited me
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COMMON THREAD by Diane S. Kaimann
Several years ago I attended my friend's eighth birthday party and sat next to a woman who would impact my life in ways I could not foresee. I was introduced and seated next to Diane Kaimann, now Diane Forman.
Diane is a tall, slim, beautiful woman who has an energy and spirit I admired immediately. She and I had chemistry and a friendship was formed. Diane mention that she taught a creative writing class that met monthly at various homes of the participants, and invited me to test it out, first class was free. My mother wrote her memoirs, but she was creative and talented with words. Her stories took on a life of their own when put down on paper, I didn't think I had this talent. Diane assured me that I did and could write as well as my mother. My first assignment was to write and describe my grandmothers kitchen. That was my first endeavor and the stories and memories keep coming.
COMMON THREAD is Diane's journey through love, loss and healing when her husband, Dick, after twelve years of marriage, suddenly died on their vacation in Hawaii.
During one of our Monday morning classes, Diane mentioned she had written about her experience I asked her if I could read her book. I knew of her loss, but didn't want to delve into such a sensitive subject. I wanted to know more about Diane, and this would be an excellent way to get to know her intimately and without be threatening. The other reason I wanted to read this book, is... several of my friends have experienced or are experiencing their husband's illnesses, nursing homes, and death and although I wish Bob, my beloved, to live to one hundred and twenty years, I wanted to be aware of how generally, women handle this experience. I wanted to know about their coping strategies, grief and finally their healing, and do they really ever heal. I don't want to be tested to see how I will handle Bob's demise, but in reality someday I will have to face what we all have to face.
This beautifully written book by Diane is an exquisite understanding of her pain and process of grief and healing. She introduces the reader to nine other women who have also reestablished their identities after the passing of their spouses. Reading this book, I thought, would be an informational exercise, but much to my surprise, it's breath and depth of each woman's individual process made me slow down my reading in order to absorb the journey they successfully made. Diane, Eliana, Ramona, Sue and others women's stories relieved the fear that nestled in the back of my head, as I see and hear about my friends, and family members going through their journeys. This book gave me the comfort, answered my questions that I was looking for. Thank you Diane.
Donna Neubauer
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