Un-Packing My Boxes

What do you do when the worst day of your life becomes the beginning of a new reality?In Un-Packing My Boxes, Celestina Bishop shares a raw, emotional, and deeply personal journey through the devastating loss of her son, Christopher, on November 11, 2024. As a licensed funeral arranger and grief advocate, Celestina thought she understood death—until grief entered her own home.From the late-night phone call that changed everything, to bringing her son home from Arizona, planning his funeral, surviving holidays, birthdays, Mother’s Day, and the unbearable silence that followed, this book takes readers inside the mind of a mother learning how to live after losing her child.What began as physically packing up her home after Christopher’s cremation became a powerful metaphor for grief itself—boxing away pain, memories, trauma, and the pieces of herself she could no longer face. Through faith, heartbreak, reflection, and resilience, Celestina discovers that healing is not about “moving on,” but about learning how to unpack what grief leaves behind.This is more than a story about death.It is a story about motherhood.About survival.About faith after heartbreak.About the purpose after pain.About learning how to breathe in a world that keeps moving after yours stops.Honest, tearful, and unapologetically real, Un-Packing My Boxes is for anyone who has loved deeply, lost painfully, and is still trying to find their way forward.Because grief changes you, but it does not have to destroy you. Read more