{"product_id":"illumination-a-grievers-journey-through-the-darkness-hardcover-1","title":"Illumination: A Grievers Journey through the Darkness - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eShaleem Dzon\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn January 11, 2017 Shaleem wrote her first poem about love and loss.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFifteen months earlier, she married the love of her life, Brad. He was handsome, successful, fit, and fun. And more than that, he had a zest for life like none she had ever met, for he had faced childhood cancer, and knew as well as anyone how precious each day was.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn their one-year anniversary, after his sudden weight loss, they faced the worst oncology appointment anyone can face. Zero treatment options, zero percent chance of survival, 3-6 months.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first poem written the night he died, lead to a series of poems that began to chronicle the landscape she traversed emotionally, contemplatively, and spiritually as she moved through the darkness of grief and despair toward the light of healing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLittle did she know that six years later, on the journey toward Illumination Rock to scatter their beloved dog's ashes in the same place she had scattered Brad's ashes, tragedy would strike again. This time it was her boyfriend, her new love, and yet, once again, it was fatal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book, Illumination a grievers journey through the darkness, is so much more than a book about grief. It is about the heart crushing, drop you to your knees experience. It is about the times when grief enters our lives with overwhelming force, consumes our thoughts, emotions, and even our physical wellbeing. It is during these times of profound sorrow that we often find ourselves searching for solace, understanding and a glimmer of hope.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs you read Illumination, you will touch upon things that will awaken your heart. You will experience a connection with this extraordinary woman, who, through her own journey, and as a poet at heart, gives fresh words to this thing called, perhaps too simply, grief.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 184\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 30, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52730474004787,"sku":"9781662953729","price":42.28,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/InhPXPAij19781662953729_7946d03f-8a8e-4633-b9e2-0b6726bf21ac.webp?v=1763834162","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/illumination-a-grievers-journey-through-the-darkness-hardcover-1","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}