This Sure Thing

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Inspired by real events </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>This Sure Thing</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> captures a boy's persistence after the death of his younger brother.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The boy imagines what life would be like if his brother were still alive. Days might be filled with football laughter and video games! His brother might discover the trick candles on his birthday cake! Despite all he wonders the boy knows one thing for sure: his brother is no longer here but the love he has for him still is. In sharing this unfading love with others and writing notes to his deceased brother the boy discovers both meaning and connection on his grief journey.</span></p><p><br></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>This Sure Thing</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> through a heartfelt first-person narrative encourages youth to continue to live the love they have for their person no longer here.</span></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Bonus features included in this book:</strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>30 Ways to Live That Love-Browse the list of remembrance activities and grief rituals. Pick out ones that feel like a good fit for you and your child. Discover new ways to live the love for your special person!</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Today Notes- On these blank notes write a few words (or draw a picture!) to your loved one about how you live that love. Capture the love you have for your special person! Save these notes and revisit them when you feel up to it.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Print blank Today Notes and find additional grief resources at livethatlove.org.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Twenty-five percent of author's proceeds from book sales go to National Alliance for Children's Grief and Full Circle Grief Center.</span></p>