To Sam, With Love: A Surviving Spouse's Story of Inspired Grief (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781648732935)

In To Sam, With Love, Vicki Paris Goodman recounts her surprising experience of insights and inspiration after the death of her beloved husband Sam.

Expecting despair, instead she was blessed with an influx of optimism. She felt the strong presence of a "helping hand" guiding her to circumvent the "cycle of grief."

Ms. Goodman leads the reader on a sometimes funny, often poignant journey from Sam's early life until his death and beyond. His illness and treatment are described in gripping, even heartbreaking, detail. She illuminates Sam's rare decency as a human being, elevating her to do good things before and after his death.

The intimate highlights of her spiritual awakening are revealed, facets that fully acknowledge her grief as she entertains myriad possibilities for an exciting and meaningful future.