<p><span style=color: rgba(68 68 68 1)>Mary Lee (M.L.) Marini was my true love and best friend for more than 40 years of marriage. In this book my adult children and I share reflections on M.L.'s final years of serious illness-both the pain and the laughter-and how our family came together to celebrate her life in a non-traditional way after the pandemic. The book also explores the benefits of feeling the sorrow of loss and creating an enduring celebration of life.</span></p><p><br></p><p>Reading [this book] compelled me to reflect on my own loss and grief. ... The many messages Guy shared in the book and through his poetry were riveting: the rawness the beauty the brutal truth the unique love and the sweetness and sadness of losing his beloved Mary Lee.</p><p>-Kathryn Gillis</p><p>Educational Administrator</p>