BEFORE GOODBYE

Before Goodbye
Understanding Anticipatory Grief

Some goodbyes begin long before a loved one takes their final breath.

A life-limiting illness changes more than a diagnosis-it changes families, relationships, routines, and the heart. Questions arise that no one feels prepared to answer, and emotions often become overwhelming. Fear, sadness, guilt, anger, hope, and even moments of joy can all exist at the same time.

In Before Goodbye, pastor, hospice leader, and educator Martín A. Cisneros gently walks alongside readers facing one of life's most difficult journeys. Drawing from years of serving patients and families at the bedside, he offers practical guidance, compassionate insight, and hope for those navigating anticipatory grief.

Whether you're caring for a spouse, parent, sibling, child, or close friend, this book will help you understand what you're experiencing, prepare for the conversations that matter most, and discover that you don't have to walk this road alone.

You cannot always change what lies ahead.

But you can choose how you love, how you prepare, and how you say goodbye.

Because sometimes healing begins...
before goodbye.