THE WORLDS of grief, loss, pain, and hurt take people on a roller coaster journey filled with emotional ups and downs. In such an experience, the hurting find themselves questioning everything as they learn to accept the world is a far different place from what they once believed. No longer is the world black and white, truth isn't an ideal but an unsettling reality, and life feels cold?distant?and yes, often bitter. In a world that encourages positivity at any cost, where do the bitter find their place? For twenty-eight days, join Dr. Lee Ann B. Marino as she writes from her own experiences of true dark bitterness: Learning to reorient to life after trauma, embracing the darkness as a place of insight and wisdom, and finding hope and lessons without minimizing the realities of embittered places. A companion to her previous devotional, Waiting: Devotions for the Journey, Dr. Marino uses her words to sit with you in the dark as you narrate life in a bitter place.