Colors of Goodbye: A Memoir of Holding On, Letting Go, and Reclaiming Joy in the Wake of Loss by September VaudreyMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
Grief is like a ball of hopelessly tangled yarn. Unraveling it takes time. Colors of Goodbye helped me untangle some of the knots in my leftover ball of grief.
Knowing the subject matter I put off reading for a while and then inwardly braced myself when I cracked open the book. Shauna Niequist's forward was such a perfect opening. I walked through the doorway into the cavernous well of grief explored by the author after the tragic loss of her daughter. Each chapter's offering felt carefully measured out so that I could navigate my way through the emotions that surfaced for me without feeling overwhelmed. September Vaudrey vulnerably retraces her footsteps through the minefield of grief. Even her missteps are pointed out for the benefit of those coming after her.
The use of color, art, and beauty to paint a picture of grief reminded me of the word "brutiful" coined by Glennon Doyle Melton. She uses it when "life's brutal and beautiful are woven together so tightly that they can't be separated."
I received this book as a gift from Tyndale Momentum. This honest review is my way of saying, "Thank you".
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