NO MATTER how we prepare ourselves - when tragedy strikes it often throws us off the course we set for ourselves.
Mary Potter Kenyon became a certified grief counselor in 2017. Mary works as Program Coordinator for Shalom Spirituality Center in Dubuque, Iowa, where she lives with the youngest of her eight children. Mary is widely published in newspapers, magazines, and anthologies, and the author of seven books, including the award winning Refined By Fire: A Journey of Grief and Grace, and the recently released Called to Be Creative: A Guide to Reigniting Your Creativity.
When Mary's husband, a five-year cancer survivor, died following a heart stent surgery in March 2012, four of her eight children still lived at home. She was 52 years old and had never worked full-time outside of her home. Suddenly she was faced with being a single parent. She had been someone’s wife since she was 19 years old. What NOW?
