Still, You Remain by Maria T. Anderson

Maria writes about grief in a comforting and captivating way making her writing so relatable and keeping me hooked to carry on reading because she just understands how grief feels so much. After losing one of my close friends many aspects were so relatable. Day 12, The Song That Slipped Back In especially as me and my friend shared music daily our little messages mean so much as do the songs still reflecting back now especially. Day 34, The Photo You Said Not To Take, about happily finding a photo of a memory caputured unexpectedly showing joy and how real and touching it is to vividly recall a memory. Day 52, The Aisle Where I Stopped Walking, too about one box of cereal being the reminder out in public in a shop that they would've bought their favourite cut me deeply as many times me and my friend would shop and seeing his favourite on shelves still now, can bring me to tears despite being such a simple thing. Day 68, The Birthday That Didn't Break Me, about accepting grief and living with it alongside the memories it raises on their special day, it changes to a day of honouring and reflecting their memory. A stunning book if you are working to accept and live with grief, it will surely be a help and a friendly collection of words.