Didn’t See That Coming | Stop Questioning Your Suffering

A Chapter by Chapter Review of Didn’t See That Coming by Rachel Hollis

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As I understood, this book was about surviving grief. The subtitle of the book is “putting life back together when your world falls apart.” But upon further examination, I discovered the audience for Didn’t See That Coming is anyone who has experienced hard times. The inside flap says, “You don’t need a catastrophic event to appreciate the good things in your life.”

Hollis goes through the who, what, when, where, and why of grieving. The best section is the how; Hollis encourages her readers to define their how and take steps to heal. “How here is up to you, because healing is a solo mission, my friends.” pg. 58

The problem is Hollis says that the answer is inside us. I don’t know about you, but I don’t trust my feelings. I’m not going to rely solely on myself for my healing. The tools around me are going to be just as instrumental in my recovery as I am.

Good

“But I can tell you something with absolute certainty: the people you lost would not want this for you. The person you lost would never, ever want you to suffer over their absence.” pg. 51

“The greatest thing you can do to honor the memory of whom you lost is to continue to live the life they…