Grieving mindfully

I finished the book Grieving Mindfully this morning. I'm glad that this is the first grief book (for adults) that I chose. With all the other books piled up waiting to be read, On Death and Dying might just slip through the cracks for now.
Grieving mindfully is written by Sameet Kumar, a psychologist with a distinctively Buddhist perspective. The book is written to be accessible to people of any religious or spiritual background, however, and does not proselytize. I highly recommend it for anyone facing a death or other loss and hoping to come out of the experience stronger and more resilient.
There were two main things I will personally take away from this book. First, that all of the things I've lost this year - my marriage, living with my kids, my home (once and then again even more completely), my dog, and even my career with the USPS/NALC - can benefit from viewing the losses through the lens of grieving. I was  doing relatively well amidst all of the tumult, but this book will definitely move me along more mindfully. Second, reading through Kumar's explanation of closure was the first time I began to grasp the concept in a meaningful way, especially though his explanation of Ira Byock "Five things."