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\"Robin\u201cOMG, You hafta see this. Look what I did,\u201d I stop friends and strangers. \u201cLook. I\u2019m so proud,\u201d I say, carefully unwrapping the small bundle that\u2019s always in my arms these days, and shoving it at them. This must be terrifying to people. This is not really like me. It\u2019s a little embarrassing, actually. And it feels a lot like I\u2019m in love.<\/p>\n

After my daughter died, five years ago, it took me six months to discover the healing powers of writing. Over a year passed before I found myself completely captivated by Photoshopping. And now, I have put these two life-saving pastimes together and birthed a tiny new book.<\/p>\n

Stories with pictures are like comfort food. NeverGone: Reframing the Death and Grieving of the One You Love<\/em><\/strong><\/a>,<\/em> with its twelve short illustrated stories (many from my recent blogs), is about regaining life and redefining it. It examines different ways to look at death. I wanted to make a book that would hug the heartbroken. Thinking of all my friends who are grieving for loved ones, I tried to plant hope on each page.<\/p>\n

I’d always said I would never self-publish anything. And my 200-page memoir manuscript may end up being like one of those grown children who never leave home. But to see one’s work transformed into a freshly bound, polished package is to feel your blood turn into maple syrup.<\/p>\n

It is just a little book (28 pages, half the size of a piece of copy paper). But writing it, and producing the illustrations, opened a window to the sun from the dark basement of my grief. I poured all my time, energy, and love into it. As if it were another daughter.<\/p>\n

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Do you know someone who is grieving? Are you grieving? NeverGone: Reframing the Death and Grieving of the One You Love is available for sale at <\/em>Magcloud.com<\/strong><\/a>. <\/em><\/p>\n

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