The Sun Will Come out Tomorrow

Wayne Triplett

Description

“Will I ever get over it?” Compassionate, faith-based, and written from the heart—a guide to the journey through grief after losing a child.
When a child dies—even an adult child— bereaved parents are left with a “stomachache that never ends.” No parent expects to make their child’s funeral arrangements. The death of a child is a loss only those who have lived through it can fully comprehend. A grieving parent wonders if the sun will ever show its face again.
After Wayne Triplett lost his son, he set out to write the book he most needed—one that would offer solace, support, and inspiration. Telling his story and the stories of other bereaved parents—he discovered that grief never ends, but that if we open up to it, it can transform itself. We can with God’s help turn our heart-wrenching loss into something that will make a difference in the lives of others. One day we will pass through the storm of sorrow into new realms of sunlight and hope.
• Find the road back to joy
• Meet yourself in this book
• Learn to live in the “new normal”
• Affirm that life is still worth living
• Find answers to the hard questions about death
• Discover how God can truly heal a broken heart
• Encounter real grief and real people dealing with it
• Explore the journey through grief after the ultimate loss
To find hope, to find faith, to find the way we can turn our sadness into service
for others and into love in our own lives—these are the greatest challenges of loss.
They are also the greatest opportunities.
All proceeds from the sale of this book benefit the Kevin Wayne Triplett Memorial Scholarship Fund.

Sujets

• Philosophie et théologie
• Religión
• Self-help
• Depression
• Christianity
• Religion
• Faith
• Heaven
• Grief
• Cancer

Informations

• Publié par: iUniverse
• Date de parution: 07 septembre 2010
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781450251013
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 3 Mo

Extrait

THE SUN WILL COME OUT TOMORROW
 
Beginning Again
after the Death of a Child
 
 
Wayne Triplett
Author of This Little Light Of Mine
 
 

 
THE SUN WILL COME OUT TOMORROW
Beginning Again after the Death of a Child
 
Copyright © 2010 Wayne Triplett.
 
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Scripture quotations are from the Holy Bible, King James Version (KJV).
Copyright 1989 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.
or as noted from the
Life Application Study Bible, New International Version (NIV).
Copyright 1991 by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. and Zondervan Publishing House.
 
Front cover photo by Wayne Triplett
Front flap photo by First Choice Resources, Inc.
Back flap photo by Wayne Triplett
Author photo by Carolina Photography, Inc.
 
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ISBN: 978-1-4502-5099-3 (sc)
ISBN: 978-1-4502-5100-6 (hc)
ISBN: 978-1-4502-5101-3 (e)
 
Library of Congress Control Number: 2010912166
 
 
iUniverse rev. date:  10/06/2022

This book is dedicated to my precious mother—Ruby L. Triplett,
and in loving memory to my beloved son—Kevin.
His light still shines!

In August of 1999, I had a life-changing experience with Christ. I have been through a lot of hard times in my life, but God has always been there to help me and hear my prayers. God is good. I know that if I were to die tonight, I would spend eternity in heaven.
–Kevin W. Triplett
Contents

DEDICATION
IN MEMORIAM
OUR CHILDREN – WE REMEMBER THEM
FOREWORD
PREFACE
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Chapter 1       A DEATH MOST PRECIOUS
Miscarried Baby of Craig and Kim B. Church by Kim B. Church
Kimela Dee Roten by Dorothy Roten Beach
Chapter 2       THE NATURE OF DEATH
Gary Wayne Church by Debbie Church Walsh
Chapter 3       THE JOURNEY INTO GRIEF
Faith Amber “Scoot” Brown by Linda Brown
Lindsay Faith Staton by Cindy Walls Staton
Chapter 4       MYTHS ABOUT GRIEF
Tyler Franklin Church by Sandra Church and Gail Johnson
Chapter 5       UNDERSTANDING THE EFFECTS OF GRIEF
Aaron Bradley Scott by Terri Scott
Howard “Don” Donald Williams, Jr. by Kathy H. Williams
Chapter 6       THE STAGES OF GRIEF
Megan Elizabeth Goodman by Jennifer Cline Goodman
Chapter 7       COLLECTING OUR SCATTERED SELVES
Shane Michael Christensen by Dan J Mahowald and Ranae Christensen
Chapter 8       FINDING OUR WAY
Kimberly Rachel Miller by Cheryl Miller
Chapter 9       MY FAITH LOOKS UP TO THEE
Ray Neal Pierce, Jr. by Elynn B. Pierce
Chapter 10     A PLACE CALLED HEAVEN
William Cameron Finley by Cam Finley
Chapter 11     GOD’S GIFT OF TEARS
Sarah Jean Wilkes by Louise Church Wilkes
Chapter 12     THE NEW NORMAL
James Kenneth “Ken” Willis, Jr. by Brenda P. Willis
Chapter 13     REINVESTING IN LIFE
Eddie Ray Roten by Dorothy Roten Beach
Christopher “Chris” Day Church by Ila Dean Hayes
Chapter 14     THE TIES THAT BIND
Kevin Wayne Triplett by Wayne Triplett
 
AFTERWORD
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
RESOURCES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Poems

Our Children – We Remember Them
Letting Go
Why?
Remember Me
What Cancer Cannot Do
A Child of Mine
Grief
When We Remember
The Chosen One
No Greater Pain
A Letter from Heaven
In Memory of My Son
The Secret of Death
The Inner Place
On the Death of the Beloved
His Journey’s Just Begun
For Always
Dying
Amazing Grace
The Homing
The Distant Shore
You’ll Never Walk Alone
Crossing the Bar
Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep
Hand
The Holly
Christmas In Heaven
Tears are a Language God Understands
Men Do Cry
The Lending
Looking Up
If They Could Speak
Gone From My Sight
Nova Era
Into the Arms of God
Cancer
Yesterdays
A Candle for You
My Tribute to Kevin
The Open Door
The God of All Comfort
Remembrance
IN MEMORIAM

Faith Amber “Scoot” Brown
June 8, 2002 – June 26, 2008
 
Christopher “Chris” Day Church
March 6, 1956 – March 15, 2009
 
Gary Wayne Church
April 6, 1962 – March 13, 1967
 
Miscarried Baby of Craig and Kim B. Church
November 2007
 
Shane Michael Christensen
November 16, 1990 – October 26, 2009
 
Tyler Franklin Church
September 9, 1993 – October 7, 2007
 
William Cameron Finley
April 9, 1987 – December 19, 2009
 
Megan Elizabeth Goodman
August 28, 1984 – May 10, 2001
 
Kimberly Rachel Miller
May 19, 1985 – May 4, 2005

 
IN MEMORIAM

Ray Neal Pierce, Jr.
November 2, 1955 – March 10, 1976
 
Eddie Ray Roten
August 3, 1958 – October 1, 2001
 
Kimela Dee Roten
September 11, 1965 – September 13, 1965
 
Aaron Bradley Scott
May 30, 1987 – December 12, 2002
 
Lindsay Faith Staton February 2, 2002 – June 14, 2008
 
Kevin Wayne Triplett
December 7, 1986 – November 27, 2006
 
Sarah Jean Wilkes
December 9, 1957 – February 27, 1983  
Howard “Don” Donald Williams, Jr.
March 29, 1988 – October 2, 2004
 
James Kenneth “Ken” Willis, Jr.
September 11, 1972 – January 4, 2004


 
 
Our Children – We Remember Them
 
At the rising of the sun and as it is going down, we remember them.
At the opening of buds and the rebirth of spring, we remember them.
At the beginning of the year and at its end, we remember them.
As long as we live, they too will live.
For they are a part of us, as we remember them.
 
–Roland B. Gittelsohn
( Gates of Prayer – Reform Judaism Prayer Book)
 



In May of 1999, Rev. Jim Gore, senior pastor of Millers Creek Baptist Church, led Kevin into the baptismal waters. This was a defining moment for Kevin as he was “Buried with Christ in baptism and raised to walk in newness of life” (Romans 6:4).
FOREWORD

This book matters! I have known Wayne Triplett, the author of this very helpful book about living life after the death of one’s child, for more than twenty years. Wayne is one of the most intelligent people I know as his personal research on cancer verifies. He is also one of the most gifted. His skill in writing will be obvious as you read this material. Wayne’s talents also include the area of music. He is a gifted soloist; his voice and style have their own unique qualities. His educational skills extend beyond the classroom into the community and the sanctuary where his giftedness has been and continues to be helpful to many.
This book is about surviving after the death of one’s child. The author is very thorough in his research as well as relating personal experiences of his own and others. I have read many volumes about grief and recovery. Most of those books were written by authors who had not experienced genuine loss of a child or loved one. It’s this distinction that validates the existence of The Sun Will Come Out Tomorrow . Wayne has shared from his heart as well as from his research. In the end, this writing certifies that one can and must work through the grief process because life is worth living and living well.
After spending time in the United States Air Force as a young man, I began a financial career that continued for fifteen years, filling several positions on my way to becoming the youngest executive in the company. But the Lord had other and more pressing work for me to do. Following additional schooling, I was ordained a minister of the Gospel. Now, with more than thirty years in the ministry, having conducted hundreds of funerals, standing alongside parents and children while ministering to families as they readjusted to life without their loved ones, I feel not only qualified but justified to speak to the issues of this book. The Bible says that “the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort…comforts us in all our affliction that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction with the same comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God” (2 Corinthians 1:3–4 NASB). It’s to this end that Wayne Triplett has scribed the words that follow. This book matters.
 
Dr. James M. (Jim) Gore
Pastor Emeritus – Millers Creek Baptist Church
Pastor – Hinshaw Street Baptist Church
Foothills Christian College (BOD)
Millers Creek, North Carolina
July 2010
PREFACE

It’s December of 1933, and America is deep in the midst of the Great Depression. On the Lower East Side of New York, the Municipal Orphanage Girls’ Annex, has been the drab home of eleven-year-old Annie for all but the first two mont