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    My Husband Has Died, but That’S Not the Funny Part: When Laughter and Love Overcome Grief and Loss
    My Husband Has Died, but That’S Not the Funny Part: When Laughter and Love Overcome Grief and Loss
    My Husband Has Died, but That’S Not the Funny Part: When Laughter and Love Overcome Grief and Loss
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    My Husband Has Died, but That’S Not the Funny Part: When Laughter and Love Overcome Grief and Loss

    By Debra J. Blood

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    Losing her husband Dennis unexpectedly in 2011, at the young age of 47, Debra was faced with handling grief in the only way she knew how, with strength, grace and much laughter. Debra worked through her tears by posting to her husband each day (for one year) on a social media website after his passing. She credits her seeing the light of day by sharing funny stories of their time together and walking through the pain, not alone, but with her ever growing unshakeable faith in God and the resounding love of many who have taken this journey each day with her. Through her stories, her daily blog (thehappywidow.com) and her posts she has used her distinctively unique humor, desire to honor the love of her life, and her ability to tell it like it is to inspire, lift, and encourage others in a way seldom seen.
    Losing the one you love suddenly is like being put on a roller coaster ride (and I have always hated those). You rise slowly, fall fast, hold on for dear life, and scream not so nice words that you hope those around you didnt hear. But when you get off this ride, while you may not want to buy another ticket, you are so proud of yourself for just being able to say you let go, threw your hands in the air the entire time and you indeed lived through it.
    You will laugh, you will cry, at time you will pray you never personally know how she truly feels, but after you read this book that was written to her sweet husband Dennis and for her children Timothy and Sarah, you will believe that just maybe there is a way to face death and come out smiling.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse
    Release dateFeb 19, 2013
    ISBN9781481716666
    My Husband Has Died, but That’S Not the Funny Part: When Laughter and Love Overcome Grief and Loss
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    Debra J. Blood

    ABOUT THE AUTHOR Debra J. Blood, 48 years old, mother of two, was born and raised on Fisher Lake in Three Rivers, Michigan. Debra has lived most of her life in Jacksonville, FL and now resides in Easley, S.C. Debra is the proud mother of a young and handsome U.S. Army soldier Timothy David, and a beautiful and smart teenage daughter Sarah Jane. She spends her days working from home as a customer service agent for a corporate travel agency, taking care of her elderly mother, loving her four Labradors, and just “being a mom”. Life has allowed Debra to experience working as a 911 Dispatcher, Emergency room secretary, travel agent and being a loving wife and insanely proud mother. She has taken her experience with marriage, divorce, death, loss, single parenting, becoming a military mom and so many other life events and turned them into words to lift up others so as to make it through the “craziness” we call life. Writing has always been a passion but since losing her husband it has become a “survival tool” and what she calls “the cheapest therapy out there”. Making others laugh while giving them hope, helping people to see the humor, the love and the goodness of each moment we are given here on earth has always been her goal and she continues to do this daily on her blog, “thehappywidow.com”.

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