Finding Strength & Peace at Every Turn
My advice to anyone dealing with extreme loss is to get to know yourself. It will take time and a lot of work, but you can get through the toughest of battles. God won't give us anything we can't handle, so buckle up and get comfortable with being alone. As dark as it gets, there is a light at the end of the tunnel. And I'll be honest you'll have to go through a series of dark tunnels with very few glimpses of light that are short-lived, but embrace them and live in those moments.
The Book
WHY
I HAD
TO
LOSE
After her father unexpectedly passed due to a heart aneurysm, Teeanna Isaac began to question her purpose in life itself. She struggled with many mental health issues, from depression to anxiety, and frequently journaled her nine-year battle with grief.
In Why I had to Lose, Isaac offers readers a look into her story and how she overcame the trials of losing a parent so young. She chose to accept and honor her grief in a way that can help others dealing with similar battles. In turn, this book offered her purpose and allowed her the opportunity to heal the cracks within her family.
In this eloquent tribute to her father, Isaac encourages and offers support to the bereaved on their journey of self discovery by sharing her evolution through her despair and private diaries.
Author, life coach, mentor, and volunteer grief counselor, Teeanna Isaac believes that everything happens for a reason. After experiencing the traumatic loss of her father at a very young age, she turned it into a catalyst for rebirth, and she looks at her grief as her WHY. She feels through her loss she found her purpose, and what she gained through this experience saved her life and changed her forever.
She has dedicated her time to guide others by sharing her own journey through grief. Her published work includes The Beautiful Me and Mindful Marks, an adult activity book to reduce stress and inspire self-love, and her latest book Why I Had to Lose is a tribute to her father where she encourages those battling loss, suicidal thoughts, and depression to begin on their own self-discovery mission and find their WHY.
"Offer the grieving your patience at any age because they are facing an indescribable pain, offer the same empathy when it's 20 years later because they can still feel that emptiness."
Teeanna
Why I Wrote The Book
I look at my grief as the reason I found my purpose, what I learned through my experiences, and how It saved my life informs this book. This will not be a story about a dead dad or the perils of losing a parent extremely early in life. I would like for this book to act as a vessel for my father's life that was cut extremely short, and for him to live on through the imaginations of those that are to read this book.
A Message to God
Tell my dad I love him.
Tell my dad I always think about him.
Tell my dad I survive for him.
I wake up and strive for success for him...
I cry for him, I need him.
My stomach aches with sadness from missing him.
Tell him it's difficult to watch some movies or listen to certain songs from yearning for him.
Tell him I'm trying to fix me for him.
Tell him the family breaks without him.
Tell my dad I need help.
Tell him I need to hear from him.
Tell him I feel alone.
Tell him I sometimes don't know how much longer I can carry on but I'm being strong for him.
Tell my dad my heart hurts.
Tell him some nights I can't sleep, tell him not a day goes by that I don't feel him.
Tell him time is not working
Tell him I'm hurting.
Please, dear God, just tell my dad I love him.