One-The Book

The Whiskered Dog ™

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One-The Book

This book is just off of the press and is available, either hard or soft cover. It is a book about our lives from the time my wife was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer until her death. I then wrote about events that took place in my life for one year that followed as they happened. The book is for someone who finds themselves in a similar situation of loosing a spouse and wondering how they will ever have a life again. This offering is not intended to be a grief couciling guide book, or a self-help book. Rather, it is just my reflections of events in my life and they are presented to help you see that as similar events take place in your life, you will see how I handled them, or confronted them and in so doing you can realize you are not alone in your thoughts or experiences. You will probably buy this book as a gift to someone you know who you think could use it. It will be available on-line or in your bookstore, but on-line may be the most efficient way. Either way, I hope that if you do purchase it and give it as a gift, the recipient will appreaciate it.

You can order from Amazon.com/book but you need to type my name, not the book titles. I am not that well known, but you can help me out.

A sample of chapters include:

8. What is Heaven Like
12. First Steps
13. Being Alone
16. Where'd The Hugs Go
22.The First Christmas
27. The Toothbrush
29. Doing The Best I Can
32. One Year-The Day
38. Life is For The Living

To order this book, click here. If any of you know Oprah personally, I would appreciate you referring me to her. I will give both of you a free signed copy. She would like this book.
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Another start of a new year. For many, it will be a bad time as the holidays become history and the drudgery of winter lingers on. If you know someone who has lost a loved one, you know how difficult it is for them. This book would be a great gift as it may give them some comfort in know how someone else handled it. They would appreciate the jesture, I am sure.
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The book is getting out and the reviews back to me are very encouraging. If you choose to own a copy, let me know how you like it.

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Here is an exerpt.
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This is the cover.

This is on the dust cover of the Hard Cover edition

Have you ever wanted to tell someone the truth when they ask you “How ya doin”? You have just lost your spouse and they want to know how are you coping, and getting along in general. You always say, “good” and hoping that they don’t press the subject. Between the covers of this book you will see how Doug was doing when no one was looking. What were the conflicts that he faced, what situations took place in his life as he tried to put the pieces back in place after he lost Lynne, his wife of 46 years, to pancreatic cancer. You will read his most personal feelings as he publishes the journal he kept all through her struggle with the cancer, including the day she died. You will maybe even laugh at some of the things he went through, like the time he tried to bake his favorite pie, from scratch. You will look through his eyes as he questions what heaven is like and what is Lynne doing now. This is not a self-help book, nor is it a guide in grief counseling. It is intended to show how one man survived the personal loss of his wife, and what happened in the year that followed. You will see what the significance of ONE is as he takes you along on his journey of living alone. You will even read a letter that Lynne wrote to him, one month after her death. You will probably say, “That is just how I feel” or “I know exactly what he is saying because I experienced the same thing”. If so, this book may bring you comfort and self-understanding, that you are not alone in your feelings, in your world. As you ask yourself, “Does it get any easier; does it get any better” you may find the answer here. As Doug would say, “If you let it, it will”.