It is a parent's greatest fear, and it happened to Ben and Ann Witherington in January 2012. Their daughter, Christy -- whom by God's grace they brought into this world and raised into mature adulthood, bearing her burdens and rejoicing in her triumphs -- suddenly died at age 32.

What does one do in the face of an unbearable sadness? What Ben and Ann did is this, as Ben put it: "I was determined from day one after Christy's death to be open to whatever positive thing there might be to glean from this. I cling by my fingernails to the promise of Romans 8:28 that God works all things together for good for those who love him." And so immediately -- within days of Christy's death -- Ben began blogging about his grief and his theology of grief. The response was overwhelming. Parents who suffered tragedy and those who had not agreed: here were keen, realistic, personal, and Christ-centered reflections on grief.

For this eBook, Ben and Ann have added personal reminiscences about Christy and more theological reflections. It is a remarkable account of one couple's grappling with love, life, God, and grief in the immediate aftermath of their daughter's death -- both a journal of grief and a testimony of hope in the face of life's deepest heartaches.

Table of Contents
Prologue: When a Daughter Dies
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Chapter 1: Was This God's Will?
Birth

Chapter 2: "Comforting" Words that Are Simply Not True
Baptism

Chapter 3: What Good Grief Looks Like
Travels

Chapter 4: Why Does Death Continually Surprise Us?
Graduation

Chapter 5: The Paradise Paradox
Marriage

Chapter 6: Hypersensitive Grief
Work

Chapter 7: Post-Mortem Prayer
Christmas

Chapter 8: The Way of Grace
Death

Chapter 9: "Death Be Not Proud"

Epilogue: The Presence of an Absence
Appendices

Appendix 1: Eulogy for Christy Ann Witherington

Appendix 2: Scholarship Fund

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