I Have a Book Deal!

Today I signed a contract with Turner Publishing's Trade Paper Press. My book will be part of their Good Things To Know series.

I couldn't be happier! I want to thank Todd Bottorff and everyone at Turner.

I'll be (very) busy meeting my deadline, so see you in June.

If you have anything to contribute, please send your remarks to me ASAP.

A HUGE thank you to everyone who has come here, posted, called, or emailed me offline. I appreciate it more than I can say. Your willingness to share these private and painful experiences with me is humbling. I will do my best to get it right so others can learn from it. Hopefully we can help make the path a little easier for them.

Thank you

I want to thank everyone who has sent in quotes since I started this blog a few days ago. I appreciate them all, and know each one will resonate with someone who reads it and feels a little less alone.

In the past three days, contributors have covered the losses of parents, pregnancy, children, and a woman whose husband died two weeks after their wedding. Your bravery and willingness to share your thoughts about your grief is humbling, to say the least. I'm struck by how often people thank me for giving them an opportunity to share their story. My greatest fear in asking anyone for a quote is coming across as exploitive, so it always comes as a great relief to hear how discussing their loved one's death has helped them heal.