Coming Soon:
Castles in the Rain:
A metaphoric / biographical Novel about loss, fear and discovery Excerep:
By James Heathe
Her diagnosis came in 2002, just after losing both her parents to the same relentless disease. What followed was a long and winding road, marked by remission and relapse, hope and heartbreak. Our daughter, just two years old, knew only a mother in pain. Our son, seven, carried the weight of understanding far too early. She lived in innocence; he lived in fear.
When she passed, it was like the sky split open. We had prepared for it, but grief doesn’t honor preparation. It crashes in, loud and merciless. I unraveled. I was there, but not really. I drifted into a relationship that only deepened my absence. And in that void, my son James, just twelve, stepped into shoes no child should wear. He became protector, comforter, and surrogate father to his little sister, Jaclyn. He bore the unbearable, while I disappeared into my own brokenness.
Her diagnosis came in 2002, just after losing both her parents to the same relentless disease. What followed was a long and winding road, marked by remission and relapse, hope and heartbreak. Our daughter, just two years old, knew only a mother in pain. Our son, seven, carried the weight of understanding far too early. She lived in innocence; he lived in fear.
When she passed, it was like the sky split open. We had prepared for it, but grief doesn’t honor preparation. It crashes in, loud and merciless. I unraveled. I was there, but not really. I drifted into a relationship that only deepened my absence. And in that void, my son James, just twelve, stepped into shoes no child should wear. He became protector, comforter, and surrogate father to his little sister, Jaclyn. He bore the unbearable, while I disappeared into my own brokenness.