I became a widow at the age of fifty and for my own healing I started interviewing widows that I knew. Before long I realized that their stories could help other widows.

I thought that there should be a book that all widows could relate to, a collection of true stories by different widows that told the good, the bad and the ugly when you go from being a wife to a widow. Their husbands died from cancer, heart attacks, accidents and even suicide.

Someone recently told me that this was a grass roots book because it was from the widows themselves. I believe that to be true and that it will also be supported and marketed through grass root channels as more and more people talk about the book to widows that they know and love.

The sisterhood of widows isn’t a blood tie, but women bond together in a special way that makes us like a family. We share the parts of our lives that only other women can understand. To be listened to, humored and encouraged by our women friends is a gift not to be taken lightly.

The book “The Sisterhood of Widows” was born from the idea that we are all sisters in the emotions we carry and that we can and do help each other.