Afterglow: Signs of Continued Love

Afterglow: Signs of Continued Love

By Karla Wheeler

2002 • 176 pp
Paperback • ISBN: 0 9675532 1 0 • $12.95
[$14.95 in Canada] • Hospice Price $5.99

    This uplifting book featuring comforting coincidences from those who grieve has twice been chosen by the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization to be featured in its Marketplace catalog.
    Afterglow: Signs of Continued Love brings comfort to anyone who is grieving the death of someone dear. Whether your special person died last week or last decade, you might find yourself yearning for a sign that their love continues to shine.
    Be assured that you are not alone. Countless others understand the depths of your loss and the intensity of your longings. Among them are the bereaved mothers, fathers, sons, daughters, and others whose stories appear on these pages. These grieving men and women — regardless of their religious beliefs or lack thereof — each experienced a comforting coincidence, a sign of continued love after death.
    An unexpected rainbow, an eagle soaring high, a shiny nickel in the sand... such experiences brought them comfort during their darkest days. They share their stories with you in the hope of easing the way for you as you also journey along that sacred path known as grief.

“...To know that love is not lost is a vital piece of living.”

“Afterglow helps the bereaved maintain an important connection with the person who has died. These brief but important moments have a profound, loving impact on those who experience them. To know that love is not lost is a vital piece of living.”
— Library Review and Recommendation, Fox Valley Hospice, Geneva, IL

“...a very useful resource.”

“Afterglow is a very useful resource when counseling someone who is bereaved. It helps people recognize those special signs of continued love in their lives, bringing hope and comfort when it is most needed. I like the short stories that are easy to read and the variety of experiences, as almost everyone can relate to a little synchronicity in their lives.”
— Maryalice Kelly, RN, CHPN, Circle of Life Hospice, Springdale, AR

Author Karla Wheeler thought she was an expert in grief, having served as a volunteer bereavement counselor as part of her longtime hospice volunteer work. But when her father and father-in-law died just four weeks apart — each of a different lingering illness — Wheeler realized there are no experts when it comes to grief. A woman of deep faith, she longed for a sign from her two dear Dads that their love was still alive. Readers of her newspaper columns, published across North America, were touched by Wheeler’s examples of comforting coincidences and began sharing their own similar experiences. Hence, a compilation of such stories, written from the heart, to help heal grieving hearts everywhere.

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