What's happening with the book right now? Right now is fall of 2009. If your local store doesn't have the book, PLEASE ask them to order it from Compassion Books. It is also available at Amazon. I feeling very positive about this book making it into the hands that need to hold it. When was the book released? Spring, 2002. The publisher is? Jodere Group, Inc. Why did you write the book? What motivated you? I realized there are mothers out there who think their child is dead . . . dead as in gone, non-existent, no longer in their life. It horrified me. I had been feeling a need to DO SOMETHING for a while and couldn't put my finger on what that something was. When it finally came to me, it was very clear. I began writing that week. What is the book about and how is it different from other books in the same genre? My eighteen year old son died in 1996 in an electrical accident. Love Never Dies is the story of my journey from the pit of grief to where I am today. When Jason died, I had to know that he still existed and was still a part of my life. There were thousands of books about grief and loss and closure and "getting on with your life," but I wanted something else. I needed to change my perception of death and remain connected to my son. Love Never Dies answers that need. Isn't that a dangerous concept? Aren't we supposed to "heal" and focus on the living? Definitely. But as human beings, we are quite capable of loving many individuals at the same time. I have a son in New Mexico and a son here at home. Calling Jeremy in NM does not take away from my relationship with Joshua here in Wyoming. Why should the fact that Jason is in another place or form be any different?

But what about say...widows. They may want to re-marry. How can they do that, without guilt, if they believe their late husbands are still "connected" to them?

By changing their perceptions. We have been raised as a society to believe that we can only love one person, romantically, at one time. Ask any widower who has remarried if they still love their spouse who has passed on. Ask them if they still feel "married" to them. I think you'll be surprised. I believe that we can "get on with our life" quicker, with less pain, and even grow from the experience, if we change our definition of death. It is not an ending. It is simply a change in form. Period.

Do you think Jason gave you his words for the book? Talked to you in a sense?

I don't know that. I do know that there were times when I would read over what I had typed as what I thought Jason would say, and it was as if I was reading it for the first time.

You mention gifts from grief. What is the greatest gift you received?

Hope.

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Anything else you'd like to add?

Yes. Death is not an ending. Our loved ones who have died are not gone, they have only changed. It is up to us to change what we perceive as real and open our hearts to the unseen energy of Love. Love is Love. It does not need a body to exist. It only needs two souls with an intent to touch . . .

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