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Christian scripture and touching memoir combine in this honest, enheartening guide for those who are mourning or facing the prospect of losing a family member or close friend. Author Brown began to realize the challenges of such trauma and tragedy with the loss of his first wife to cancer when both were young and caring for their first child. As he recalls, he grieved deeply while painfully perceiving the needs of his toddler child who lacked her mother’s presence. The concern of a caring group of friends and family helped him to cope. He married again, but his second wife also died of cancer, leaving Brown once more with children to care for while nurturing his own sense of emptiness. Then, after serving with him in his Christian leadership, a third wife developed cancer, passing after twenty-two years, making him a widower once more. These losses and others caused the author to contemplate the complexities of grief and develop a wider understanding of God’s plan for all.
Brown is the pastor of a community church who frequently visits and prays with the sick and afflicted. Through his personal tragedies and strong Christian faith, he has the will and comprehension to advise others and does so here with a sincere purpose. Throughout this compassionate look at the grieving process, Brown asserts that faith in God will help His followers hold to a path to peace after the passing away of a close companion. His short but powerful treatise is frank regarding his feelings and inspirational as he provides copious relevant references from the Holy Bible to support his conviction that despite the earthly sorrows people must go through, and as heartrending as such events may be, there is hope for renewed contentment here and a blissful, eternal reward.