This book is designed to assist widows in understanding their primary and secondary losses, changes in relationships, finances, and emotional well-being. It is purposely written in order to address the many life altering changes that become a part of a widow’s new life. This book chronicles the personal journey of the author. Its diary format accompanied with advice makes it user friendly and an easy read. Throughout the book you will find Biblical references to encourage, support, and comfort a grieving heart. Each section discuss a specific concern that a widow would possibly face while on her journey. Part 1 focuses on a widow’s new role, changes in relationships and various emotions .Part 2 emphasizes a widow’s finances, legal matters and estate planning. Part 3 closes with a deeper relationship with God, personal testimonies, and miraculous healing. The book concludes with a list of several resources and interesting facts about widows.

Have you ever not wanted to go to sleep in fear that you would have a nightmare? Have you ever not wanted to wake up in the morning? Have you ever sat in the parking lot of your workplace and cried your eyes out? Have you ever pretended to be happy while you were dying on the inside? Well, I have too! Each of us has experienced grief in some way, whether it was from the loss of a relative or best friend. This book of free verse and traditional poems address the many stages of grief, emotions, concerns, and experiences I went through as a young, widowed woman. Although this book is written for widows, there are several poems in which everyone can relate. I invite you to travel with me through my journey of widowhood. The journey has yet to end, but it's not as rocky as when I first traveled that long, dreaded road!

This is a true story of a woman Tanya Rena' Jefferson who marries a man she has known most of her childhood and teen life. After knowing about each other for years, they end up being a couple and years later bearing a child and getting married. Having some relationship issues, breaking up and getting back together was a norm for them. As they knew they loved each other, and the last time of agreeing not to divorce and stay together to make their Christian marriage work; her husband unexpectedly passes away, leaving their son and his wife as a"Young Christian Weeping Widow"

Central New York is an awesome place for children to grow up in. The winters teach them endurance and perseverance. They also learn to endure pain as grandmother thaws their frozen parts out in cold water! I slid down the hills on a weird sled called a cheesecutter, which was a contraption built to haul cans of milk to the pickup pointa]dragging my feet to stir it. Often I ended up in the frosty creek!

Have you ever not wanted to go to sleep in fear that you would have a nightmare? Have you ever not wanted to wake up in the morning? Have you ever sat in the parking lot of your workplace and cried your eyes out? Have you ever pretended to be happy while you were dying on the inside? Well, I have too! Each of us have experienced grief in some waywhether it was from the loss of a parent, child, spouse, grandparent, aunt, uncle, sibling, cousin, or best friend. This book of free verse poems, traditional poems, and random thoughts address the many stages of grief, emotions, concerns, and experiences I went through as a young, widowed woman. Although this book is written for widows, there are several poems in which everyone can relate. I invite you to travel with me through my journey of widowhood. The journey has yet to end, but its not as rocky as when I fi rst traveled that long, dreaded road!

Ghosts. Ghouls. Goblins. Just about every G word that makes your blood turn blue. It’s in here. Banshees too. And one seriously baaaaaaad wizard. Dragons. Knights with long poles. Knights with rusty butts. It’s all inside these covers. Two brothers who grow up around a house made of blue and white bricks. One becomes a singer and the other a teacher. But both wind up colliding with a tanker truck and die, exploding into space. In here, I tell you. There’s also a castle where a man named Rocky falls in love with someone named Katie. Yeah, pretty yucky stuff, I know. That’s in here too. But what happens in that castle will curdle your blood, and make you hurl your lunch. You got to see that stuff. Oh, and basketball too. The most famous basketball game of all time is right inside this book. Where can you buy a book with so much stuff for less than a thousand dollars? Hurry, before the author catches on and raises up the price. (This book was named a finalist in the children's fiction category of the Fresh Voices 2006 Awards, sponsored by the Writer's Marketing Association)