June 20, 2017
The title, artwork and back cover synopsis of GPS: Your Guide Through Personal Storms portend a useful, secular guide of life lessons from Dr. James Coyle, a chaplain, trauma counselor, and first responder who has helped victims around the world in the aftermath of tornadoes, bombings and other disasters. As he notes in Chapter 1, […]
June 5, 2017
Author Kathleen Iannacone lost her husband in 2011. In A Widow’s Musings, she walks readers through her grief, offering reminiscences about her marriage and her resolve to begin looking forward again, and relaying tips for others going through similar times.
When Iannacone’s husband, Chuck, was diagnosed with renal cell carcinoma, the couple resolved to make […]
May 1, 2017
Lisa Shultz’s father died at 89, having outlived his quality of life by five years. A Chance to Say Goodbye is the impressive result of Shultz’s considerable soul-searching about the experience.
A WWII veteran who lived alone in a remote area of Colorado, Shultz’s father had lost his hearing, mobility, and autonomy. Multiple heart attacks, […]
January 23, 2017
Among the many challenges stepparents face, one of the most difficult involves caring for stepchildren after the death of a birth parent. As a new stepmother to two children who lost their mother to cancer, the author was dismayed that even with her best efforts, her new stepfamily “didn’t gel like magic.” Now, using her […]
December 7, 2015
In this very personal memoir, the author takes readers through the year following the death of his wife of over four decades, explaining how he adjusted to the sudden change in his life, and how his passions for golf and music helped him cope with the inevitable changes.
Lest prospective readers be confused, Grief, Golf […]
October 12, 2015
When Melissa Davidson’s 21-year-old son was murdered, she embarked on a spiritual journey of grief that resulted in visions of her son’s spirit. This has inspired her memoir, Messages From My Hero in Heaven.
In November 2014, Army Specialist Paul Vincent Davidson was just beginning sniper school when he was killed while off […]
September 7, 2015
In 1969, Elizabeth Kubler-Ross wrote the groundbreaking book On Death and Dying. More than four decades later, few, if any, self-help books on the subject have surpassed her stellar guidance. Karen Schultz, a licensed Certified Social Worker (LCSW), now tackles the daunting topic, with far less accomplished results.
Rather than discussing the stages of grief, […]
May 5, 2014
There is no way to predict how one will react when a parent dies, but through journaling, Dianne Porter has put together some recollections and reflections that may resonate with those facing such a situation.
After Porter’s father passed away suddenly while working in his garden, her elderly mother Helen was on her own, with […]
July 1, 2013
Ruth Harten was devastated when her 19-year-old son Gabe drowned while away at college in 1995.
But soon shock was replaced by doubt. She was told that Gabe had died during a camping trip with members of a fraternity he was joining. Harten at first believed it was a tragic accident, but as she asked […]
October 13, 2010
Having seen more than her fair share of death through the passing of her mother, father, elderly neighbor, and various other relatives, author Myers learned the right way to approach the end of life–and the wrong way. In a book that’s part self-help guide and part memoir, colorful first-person stories of Myers’ friends and family […]