Living with Broken Glass : The Gifts of Grief

When Shelly Rowlan's twenty-four-year-old son Brieson takes his own life, she braces for unrelenting darkness—but discovers instead a steady stream of unexpected "gifts": a neighbor's flowers, a friend's silent presence, a whispered scripture, a penny on the pavement. Written as short dated entries spanning more than three years, this faith-centered memoir reframes grief as a jagged piece of glass that, painful as it is, becomes a lens revealing God's hand. Both a personal testimony and a gentle guide for how to comfort those who mourn.

• A grief memoir that flips the script—chronicling not despair but the hundreds of small 'gifts' that carried a mother through her son's suicide.
• Doubles as a practical guide for anyone who has ever frozen, unsure how to comfort a grieving friend.
• Deeply LDS in doctrine (sealing power, plan of salvation, ministering) yet universally human in its portrait of loss.
• Short, dated entries make it easy to read a page a day—ideal for readers in the fog of fresh grief.

Perfect for a Latter-day Saint parent or friend grieving the death of a child—especially by suicide—who wants faith-affirming comfort and a sense that God is still present in loss.