Womb to Tomb to Womb: Holy Longing

Written by Dawn Cogger

Narrated by Emily Anna Dinwiddie-Cole

Dawn Cogger’s memoir, Womb to Tomb to Womb, provides fodder for life’s journey, a journey with unimaginable positive changes. Her story demonstrates how our life journey and its teachings are unique for each of us. Her life starts with sporadic Christian teachings, and contrary messages that belief in God is not acceptable, her behaviour often unacceptable. Her love of nature brings her solace and inspiration. She shares her hunger for prayer and a relationship with God. The bold, yet gentle book of life memories starts as a child, travails through her moments of desperation, to a seasoned woman, nurse, spiritual director and writer. It will touch your heart, inviting transformation.

Her memoir includes her struggle with the deaths of two young patients. She considered marriage to be a life-long commitment, and found it wasn’t. She went to therapy more than once. Dawn seeks and receives spiritual direction. She also walks the contemplative discernment process through the education of providing spiritual direction. As you witness her life, you’ll see her major losses turn into her gifts. Ageing and the virus COVID-19, at times seen as insurmountable challenges, bring about a grateful, inclusive, energized being. She shows the joys and woes of our lives have energy to foster: healing of a broken heart, a fulfilling relationship with God, and a life open to being true to our authentic selves.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers
• Release date: Mar 13, 2024
• ISBN: 9781398454057

Dawn Cogger

Dawn Cogger, the mother of three adult children, grandmother, retired nurse and spiritual director, emigrated from Canada as a young girl to the United States. She worked in Paediatrics and Long-Term Care as well as other areas. Providing spiritual direction for individuals and retreats has been a labour of love for most of her adult life. Dawn never dreamed she would write, let alone be published. Her experiences of life realities inspired her to journal, fostering growth beyond her fears. Daily walks and painting with watercolours and acrylics keep her learning in joy. Her love of nature, including Canada’s Lake Superior, and searching for God, continue in parallel. Dawn has been published in Presence, an International Journal of Spiritual Direction. She has been published in the anthology, Corners: Voices on Change. She lives in Wisconsin with her husband.