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Author Brown shares insights garnered from her struggle with feelings for her son Hal after his sudden passing. Hal was her first of five children, early demonstrating his loving, curious, and charming nature and care for his siblings. His mother knew that he fought drug addiction in his late teens, later overcoming that satanic grip to become a dedicated gymnast whose intellectual skills were apparent as he gained a master's degree in tax accounting and was employed as a CPA by an international firm. Tragically, however, despite his notable accomplishments, drugs regained power over him, resulting in his death.
Brown gradually developed a determination to write Hal's story, combining her Christian convictions with a sincere wish to provide solace to others who must face such devastating loss through understanding and accepting the painful processes of mourning that can vary and may never entirely cease. As she shares her perceptions, readers will be amazed by her deep, revelatory dreams of the departed young man appearing alive while clearly drawn to heaven, and by the many unexpected coincidences and comforts offered by friends and even kindly strangers, incidents that Brown attributes to God's care and intervention. Throughout her emotive account, she poignantly purveys such happenings, concluding that "these experiences are God's way of purifying us."
Brown, a loving parent with a clear talent as a wordsmith, has gathered a plethora of supportive materials in her search for higher meaning following traumatic loss. She includes factual sources, along with poems and declarations, many self-composed, and quotations and messages from a variety of sources, with special emphasis on parables from the Holy Bible. Brown's composition arose from a strong, blossoming inner directive, and her accumulated understandings have led her to offer her own grief experience as a channel for the guidance and benefit of others.