Dabbling Details
How Joy is referred to as
Who is "H"
The laborer says he is going to visit this person.
Who is Mum?
Lewis suggests that our observations of God's seeming _______ often TRUMP our recognition of His presence.
What is absence
Lewis says that grief feels like:
What is fear, being mildly drunk, and concussed
"British boys don't_______."
What is "cry"?
The individual who writes the foreword
Who is Madeleine L'Engle
Lewis accepts the truth and duty of religion but has an issue with this.
What are the consolations of religion?
Joy is a "Momala" (from Madam VP Harris's Twitter Bio) to how many children?
What is 2
The laziness of grief is compared to this
What is a tired man who wants an extra blanket on a cold night but would rather lie there shivering than get up from his bed to find one
"Her mind was lithe and quick and muscular as a ________."
What is a "leopard"?
The individual who writes the introduction
Who is Douglas H. Gresham
Lewis is not sure this ends with death.
What is anguish?
As Lewis adVANCEs into chapter 2, he feels this way about his work in chapter 1:
What is "appalled"
The part of grief not often encouraged.
What is yelling, doubting, and "kicking" at God violently
Sometimes it is hard not to say, "___ forgive ___"
Who is God
Lewis's pseudonym when he first published "A Grief Observed"
Who is N.W. Clerk
Family reunions in heaven are not in this according to Lewis.
What is the Bible?
Lewis feels his grief builds WALZ around him, cutting him off from ________
What is his sense of faith & prior understanding of God
Lewis prefers the moments of agony in grief for this reason
What is they "are at least clean and honest"
"Nearly her last words were___________."
What is "I am at peace with God"?
The countries Joy's family orginate from
What are Ukraine and Poland
People who say heaven is similar to earth say that heaven has this.
What are cigars?
As voters seek for authentic leadership, wary of being swayed by overly idealized images of candidates, Lewis worries that his memories with Joy...
What is lose their authenticity and become mere reflections
A Grief Observed can help us do this.
Face our grief and "misundertstand [it] a little less completely"
"What pitiable cant to say, ‘She will live forever in my memory!’ Live? That is____________."
"Exactly what she won't do."