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Contents

Part One: The Four Things

Chapter 1: Saying the Four Things
Chapter 2: The Healing Power of Words
Chapter 3: Completing Relationships
Chapter 4: Transformations

Part Two: Forgiveness

Chapter 5: Loved Ones Live On Inside Us
Chapter 6: Resolving a Legacy of Pain
Chapter 7: The Emotional Economics of Forgiveness
Chapter 8: Extreme Acts of Forgiveness
Chapter 9: Forgiving Yourself
Chapter 10: Living with Uncertainty and Illness

Part Three: Thank You Chapter 11: Practicing Gratitude
Chapter 12: The Unexpected Grace of Reconnection
Chapter 13: The Family Dynamics of Gratitude

Part Four: I Love You

Chapter 14: Creative Ways of Saying the Four Things
Chapter 15: Loving the Body
Chapter 16: Living Every Day as if It Were Your First -- or Last
Chapter 17: Lives Intertwined with Love

Part Five: Good-bye

Chapter 18: Nothing Left Unsaid
Chapter 19: The Mysterious Magic of Some Good-byes
Chapter 20: Good-byes That Are Gifts Through Time
Chapter 21: Good-byes That Celebrate Life

Afterword: Reflections Before Good-bye
Acknowledgments
Index