Grief to Generosity: Honor Your Child by Helping Others

by Peggy Oliver Krist

Overview

One part memoir and two parts "how to" Grief to Generosity shows how you can channel despair into action by publicly memorializing your child. The lessons in this book will help you navigate the challenges you'll face. Step by step, the author leads you through your grief and into something positive. And while helping others, you'll realize that your child can become the inspiration, not the necessity, in your grief.

The author writes from the heart about loss and starting a foundation. The ten steps to generosity will lead you beyond your sorrow and help you find a way back. The ten common challenges illustrate some of the unique issues familiar to all bereaved parents working in philanthrophy. 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780578475462
Publisher:	Jonathan D. Krist Foundation
Publication date:	04/19/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	156
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

An inveterate journal keeper, Peggy has been writing since her high school years, but didn't take it seriously until the loss of her youngest son, Jonathan, in 2006. When she couldn't find a handbook to teach her how to create her son's tribute, she wrote it. Peggy was born and raised in California, one of eight siblings. In 1972, after graduating from Whittier College, she headed East to graduate school. Within weeks she met her future husband, Bob, and her life delightfully changed course. After working as a systems analyst with Volkswagen USA, Peggy spent 30 years as a photo editor and business partner in Bob's international photography career. She managed his stock photo library and publishing company, while raising their three sons. Today Peggy works with her family on behalf of the Jonathan D. Krist Foundation based in Bucks County, PA and San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. Her responsibilities include program development, interviewing students and working with motivated people who share the same vision.

Table of Contents

Grief: The Zero Point, The Blessing and the Curse, Paying It Forward, Compassionate Friends

Generosity: Shield Yourself, Take Notes, Start Small in Philanthrophy, Take Inventory, Get Out of the House, Act Locally, Vet Your Volunteers, Get Close to your community, Identify Your Mission, Hire Professionals

Common Challenges in Philanthrophy: Starting from Scratch, Partnering with Others, False Expectations, Failure to Laugh, Accepting Your Fate, Planning an Exit Strategy, Leaving Your Handprint, Believing your Work Matters, Magical Thinking and Affirmation.

Editorial Reviews

"This is a book of discovery, an anchor, a beacon of light for those who have suffered the unthinkable. It provides a way back for parents who have lost what they should not lose, and a path to a new way of thinking for those who do not understand what that journey involves. The Krist family's story is living proof that the immeasurable gifts children bestow upon their parents can spread throughout the world in ways far beyond our imagination, which is why we have children in the first place." -James McBride, New York Times best selling author

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