"Probably the number one fact people need that loses a child is - just your presence and a listening ear. You need to validate the pain." Rudy g. Hoggard exposes his journey through 'A Place Called Grief' after the death of Eben, his 27-year old son. His death brought unexpected, all-consuming, over-whelming, unpredictable grief. "The rush to find answers to the question - Why my son died young? I have traveled through a process of grief with arguments, despair, self-examination, self-pity, resistance, melancholy, theorizing, and a roller coaster of emotions." Could I trust God who loves me and knows what is best for me? Could I trust Him if I didn't understand?" How do you handle the death of a child? How can friends help? What are the characteristic of grief? Rudy shouts Let me cry Let me remember Let me share Let me be myself as God works in my life. Let me heal Pray for the family