TWELVE FACES OF GRIEF
A Grief-Recovery Handbook for Group and Personal Use.
This little booklet was designed for individuals and discussion groups
that are exploring the natural, but sometimes confusing, stages of grief.
Each of the book's twelve chapters (1) begins with a fictitious,
thought-provoking case study (2) is followed by a set of open-ended
discussion starter questions and (3) closes with a few of my own
observations on the grief phenomenon. Chapter topics include: denial,
depression, physical symptoms, psychological effects, fairness, faith,
and others. This book was published but is now out of print except in
Portuguese!
KEYNOTE SPEECH FOR THE 2003 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
OF THE COMPASSIONATE FRIENDS.
This was a speech I gave at an international conference of parents who had
lost children to death. It presents in simple language eight things I have
learned in the years since our two sons died. The speech has been reprinted
numerous times and it may be worth reprinting again for you to share with
anyone you know who is wading through grief and loss.
WHAT A LOVED ONE’S DEATH TEACHES US ABOUT LIFE
This was one of the CareNotes I wrote for Abbey Press.
They tell me that it’s now out of print. So, if you’d like a copy, just check it
on the order sheet and I can attach it to an email for you.
HEALING THE GRIEVING HEART
A one-hour radio interview with Charlie Walton by Drs. Gloria and Heidi Horsley
on the VoiceAmerica™ Talk Radio Network. Recorded in 2005, covering many aspects of
the grief process, and easily shared as an attachment to an email.
EUROPE WITHOUT RESERVATIONS
How To Turn a Daydream Discovery of the Real Europe into a Real-life
Nightmare for a Family of Five.
When our 3 boys were 11, 13 and 15, we took
off on a five-week family trip through Europe - five people,
five Eurailpasses, and no other reservations. It's an idea that
works great for footloose, college-age backpackers... but for a
family of five from suburbia... it led to some hilarious and
trying misadventures.
PAINLESS HISTORY OF ENGLAND
The Saxons Played All the Angles.
A brief, puny history of England that I wrote as an overview
for our boys as we arrived in England on our "Europe Without
Reservations" trip.
THE PAINLESS HISTORY OF BELGIUM
Home of the Brussel Sprouts.
A brief, puny history of Belgium that I wrote as an overview
for our boys as we arrived in Belgium on our "Europe Without
Reservations" trip.
THE PAINLESS HISTORY OF FRANCE
Get an Eye-full of that Tower!
A brief, puny history of France that I wrote as an overview for
our boys as we arrived in France on our "Europe Without Reservations" trip.
THE PAINLESS HISTORY OF GERMANY
Land of the Sweet and Sour Krauts
A brief, puny history of Germany that I wrote as an overview
for our boys as we arrived in Germany on our "Europe Without Reservations" trip.
THE PAINLESS HISTORY OF AUSTRIA
The Eastern End of Everybody’s Europe
A brief, puny history of Austria that I wrote as an overview for our
boys as we arrived in Austria on our "Europe Without Reservations" trip.
THE PAINLESS HISTORY OF SWITZERLAND
The Country with No History
A brief, puny history of Switzerland that I wrote as an overview for
our boys as we arrived in Switzerland on our "Europe Without
Reservations" trip.
TRAVELS WITH THE JUNGLE DOC
There's Nothing Simple About Getting from Here to
There in the Third World.
I had a friend who was a medical missionary to Latin American countries.
He was planning to drive his new mobile clinic vehicle from Atlanta, Georgia
to Honduras. He asked if I would like to ride along. "Sure!" I said,
thinking that a two-week drive through the southeastern U.S., Mexico,
Guatemala, and Honduras would be a pleasant and relaxing vacation.
Murphy's Law proved otherwise... everything that could go wrong, did.
CAMPOOTERS AND CARAGES
The Language that Makes Us Family
From baby talk through children's near misses at pronouncing the names
of things, each family accumulates a special family language. There are
the fun names of things... the unique perceptions... and the terms that
bring back special family experiences. This collection of terminology
from the Walton experience usually starts readers making lists of the
fun words and perceptions from their own family years. If there were
kids around, there's probably a laughable and lovable pronunciation for
spaghetti.
