Widowhood Happens

Widowhood Happens—By Gene K. Garrison. Suppose it happens to you. Valuable information in an easy-to-read style. A reviewer said to read the book "before your wedding gown is re-made into a maternity dress, before your hair turns grey, before you really, really need it."

(PRWEB) October 21, 2005 -- Suppose widowhood suddenly happens to you. You're not ready. You and your spouse have never discussed death. Yet here it is, and you're much too young. It can't be happening.

Back to reality - it happens in everyday life, and lately we see and hear about the escallation on TV right at home. Deaths caused by military action, others in natural disasters such as hurricane devastation, traffic accidents and all kinds of unexpected events. Too many people have experienced this shock. We hear about it when friends, neighbors and relatives live through the loss.

Numbness takes over and someone tells you what to do. There are phone calls to make; your minister, priest, or rabbi arrives to offer condolences, talk about arrangements and pray for the departed. You must visit a mortuary to decide on burial or cremation, choose a casket - what style, what color?
   
That's just the beginning of widowhood, be it for a husband or a wife.
   
Author Gene K. Garrison wants all maried people to prepare for widowhood, as much as it is possible to do so. In the book,
Widowhood Happens, she includes interviews with twelve widows, two widowers, and professionals who deal with the problems of the widowed. A psychologist, medical doctor, lawyer, minister, priest, and heads of organizations help in various capacities. In one chapter she asks friends, “What have you done to prepare for widowhood?”

The answers are interesting, as are the personal stories told by people who were amazingly open and honest about their intermost feelings. Almost non-judgmental Gene Garrison believes that readers will care about the people who shared their unforgettable memories.

You owe it to yourself and your spouse to bring this topic out into the open, and make some decisions about life after his or her death. Life goes on, but it's different. It can be challenging. There's nothing wrong with having an active, happy life.

Widowhood Happens is written in a non-academic, easy-to-read
style. Surprisingly, it's not filled with advice, but shows what happened to the spouses of the widowed and how they handled their own situations. There is only one list in the book, and it is a practical one from the attorney interviewed. She mercifully refrained from speaking legalese.

Also, it is not a religious book, although once in a while one of the widows mentions God, sometimes in a good light and sometimes in anger.

Sample chapters may be read on Amazon.com and xlibris.com. If you'd rather make a phone call, the number of the publisher is 1-888-795-4272.

Read the book. Don't try to ignore the inevitable. It's not a dose of medicine. It's an interesting, helpful read.

Rebecca Brown of Rebeccasreads.com says to read the book "before your wedding gown is re-made into a maternity dress, before your hair turns grey, before you really need it."

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