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September is National Suicide Prevention Month AND Deaf Awareness Month: Woman’s Story of Grief and Hope Has Ties to Both
Dallas, TX, September 14, 2023 — In My Grief Is Not Like Yours: Learning to Live After Unimaginable Loss, A Daughter’s Journey (Forefront Books; May 2023; ISBN: 978-1637631560; Hardcover), Theo Boyd writes with honesty and raw emotion about the day that started the contagion of devastating events that would leave her “without hope, without purpose, without direction.” After the terrible shock and pain of losing her Momma, Boyd began writing. Check out my review here: “I had to record my thoughts, questions, feelings, and fears,” she shares. “I needed to read something that hit me as hard as I had been hit.” Boyd shares the details of her family’s unimaginable tragedies, underscoring how quickly life…
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Former CEO of National Health System Shares 5 ‘End-of-Life Care’ Revelations Everyone Should Know
Charleston, SC, May 17, 2023 — Michael Doring Connelly, a 40-plus-year healthcare veteran and former CEO of Mercy Health, details how senior citizens (and people with terminal diagnoses) can have more control and dignity in the final phases of their lives in his new book, The Journey’s End: An Investigation into Death and Dying in Modern America (Rowman & Littlefield; April 2023; ISBN: 9781538175491; Hardcover). In an interview, Connelly can detail how to change the standard approach to end-of-life care and the practical benefits of facing death as a reality rather than trying to medicalize it. The author claims that when the system stops fighting death with invasive procedures and…
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Montecito Mudslide Tragedy: Grieving Mother and Wife Recounts Healing Journey Following Profound Loss
Montecito Mudslide Tragedy: Grieving Mother and Wife Recounts Healing Journey Following Profound Loss Montecito, CA, April 11, 2023 — In the early hours of January 9, 2018, heavy rainfall combined with deforestation from recent wildfires caused a series of mudflows northwest of Montecito. The incident was responsible for 23 deaths and caused $177 million in property damage. News of the mudslide that ravaged the unsuspecting community made national headlines. Among those headlines was the tragic story of the Cantin family. Before the devastating slide reached their home, Kim and Dave Cantin, along with their children, Jack and Lauren, tried to escape in the middle of the night with their beloved…
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