To Everything a Season is a book about loss, grief, hope and redemption. It is not your story. But then again, it is. You too have lost a lot. The series of true stories are gripping, universal, and sometimes a two-hanky honker if you let yourself feel your feelings and not just think them. - From the Foreword by Dr. Vance Shepperson We celebrated an ordinary New Year filled with heightened anticipation. In a post-9/11 world, we were bullish on the global economy. We entered into a new life-stage. Our children were grown. Our nest became empty. Our friends were emerging as grandparents. So were we. One morning that January after a vigorous round of racquetball, I checked my cell phone on the way over to Champions on Grand Avenue for breakfast with a friend. There was a missed call. The message I retrieved that day has changed my life. - From the author´s Introduction