Hollowed

Annamarie Ibrahim has endured the hollowing of her body spirit and soul. Beginning with the hollowing of her spirit on October 5 1977 and concluding with her hollowed soul when her only son Austin passed on October 5 2018 Hollowed shares stories spanning forty years of Annamarie's life. In this inspirational and motivational memoir she reflects on her experiences-from the physical hollowing of her body to helping her husband battle cancer to grieving the loss of her only child. Annamarie shares the tools she employed to help her navigate life's journey manage life's tragedies and make irreversible life and death decisions for herself and her only child. In Hollowed she grieves the hollowing of her spirit with the drastic changes because of illness. She grieves the loss of her body parts when she became physically hollowed. And she grieves the physique that was free of scars and medical devices. Through struggle and acceptance she emerges as a positive example blazing a trail for others to travel if the situation should arise in their life.