The Matter of Little Losses
Finding Grace to Grieve the Big (and Small) Things

I thoroughly enjoyed this poetic and deeply reflective series of vignettes about grief. Laced with wisdom and undergirded with honesty--the chapters are short and make space for personal reflection.......more

“What if we saw our grief as gardening?” This book slowly hugged my heart and smoothed my soul. Kang never claims to solve grief, to end hurts, or run past pain. Instead, she asks the readers to do the opposite, to sit in it. To acknowledge it. To name it and own it and grow it in. Pain may not have b......more

The Matter of Little Losses Rachel Marie Kang Not only was this book beautiful on the outside it was even more beautiful on the inside I use my book as a workbook/journal. There’s plenty of space to jot down your feelings or the answers to the questions that are presented within the chapters. I love......more

I am touched by all that Rachel has written. Her words deeply affect me and speak to my spirit. I enjoyed the use of flowers and their imagery throughout. Questions in each chapter gave me pause and sometimes stirred thoughts that were tucked away. I underlined, wrote in the margins and dog eared pa......more

This is such a special book. I loved the poetry woven through it and the unique take on giving space to grieve things like changes in friendship, a move, the loss that comes with the reality of disease and living in an often broken world. This book is so honest not shying away from the hard topics a......more