Bücher von Fern Schumer Chapman

A companion guide to Brothers, Sisters, Strangers to help you make peace with your sibling relationship.Sibling estrangement often carries profound hurt, grief, and a deep stigma. The loss of a brother or sister through estrangement can raise elemental doubts that ripple through a life, altering every family relationship, and an individual's identity, self-esteem, and ability to trust.More than just a writing journal, it offers a private, emotional outlet to understand and process the grief of sibling estrangement. Putting feelings into words brings relief. Research shows that writing from the heart for 20 minutes daily helps you make sense of your emotions and construct meaning from your experiences.In these 20 informative chapters and subsequent questions, you will discover your own truths and resilience by connecting the dots in your behavior that play out in your sibling relationship. By answering the questions in this journal-regardless of whether you are the shunner or the shunned- you will gain insights into toxic patterns of relating, rumination, and the risk factors for estrangement. You will learn how to endure the loss of a living family member.Here, you'll discover what you think by seeing what you write. Be honest; be brave. It won't always feel good, but you will feel better.

When people who love each other can't be together, it's heartbreaking. And when a child is too young to understand a sudden, prolonged cut-off from a beloved relative or friend, everyone hurts. In Happy Harper Thursdays, Fern Schumer Chapman explains to young children, simply and clearly, why we can't be with the people we love during the pandemic.This colorful, delightfully illustrated book captures how this pandemic disrupts the cherished routine of a grandmother and granddaughter. When the two can see and hear each other only electronically, the confused child wonders why she and her grandmother aren't really together. Children often think they are responsible for events that have nothing to do with them. With that in mind, Chapman wrote Happy Harper Thursdaysto help her granddaughter-- and millions of other children worldwide-- understand this difficult separation.