Soul's Journey: A Book of Poetry and Reflections (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781977288882)

How do we continue forward when life changes in ways we never imagined?

In Soul's Journey, the author of My Sister is a Mermaid: A Book of Poetry and Reflections returns with a deeply personal collection of poetry and reflections about family, nature, love, illness, caregiving, grief, and the courage to embrace life through seasons of profound change.

The collection begins with memories of family and everyday experiences before turning toward the natural world, where beauty exists alongside vulnerability and loss. The devastation left by Hurricane Helene in the Appalachian Mountains becomes another powerful reminder of how quickly the familiar can be transformed and how communities can come together in the aftermath.

The journey then becomes intensely personal. The author shares her own experience with cancer while also walking beside her beloved husband, Sydnor, through terminal cancer and hospice care. In the title poem, "Soul's Journey," she observes the physical changes in the man she loves while contemplating the mystery of the journey ahead. Even as time grows short, there are still moments of laughter, connection, and gratitude for his presence. Her reflections on caregiving reveal both its practical demands and its extraordinary intimacy.

After loss comes another journey: learning how to live without the person who shared your life. The author's reflections capture the loneliness of an empty place at the dinner table, memories of conversations once shared, and the difficult search for courage and purpose in a changed world.

Tender, candid, spiritual, and ultimately hopeful, Soul's Journey speaks to anyone who has loved deeply, faced cancer or serious illness, cared for someone nearing the end of life, mourned a spouse or family member, or searched for signs of hope after loss. These poems and reflections remind us that healing does not require forgetting. Sometimes healing means carrying love forward as we begin the next part of our own journey.