Facing Illness, Finding Peace

A new edition of the soul-enriching, poetic guide through life-changing illnesses that helped many.

Offering solace for chronic or fatal illnesses, Facing Illness, Finding Peace takes readers on a journey toward understanding, acceptance, and peace. A life-changing diagnosis can be overwhelming to patients as they struggle to come to terms with their future. They may mourn their life before the turn in health and grieve what has been lost. In this guide, the poems, reflection questions, and prayers help process the intense emotions, such as shock, anxiety, anger, depression, guilt, and shame, that come from such an event. With themes such as survival, healing, and peace, patients and caregivers will be guided with support as they also navigate the world and people around them, and inspire understanding in their loved ones of the difficult journey ahead.

Author Biography

Nancy Groves, MSW, is a retired medical social worker with over twenty years of experience as an educator and counselor. She has presented seminars in hospitals, universities, and churches on the emotional impact of serious illnesses and served on the Michigan Department of Public Health AIDS Advisory Board. She has written articles for the Healing Ministry Journal and the Bereavement Magazine, and is the author of several self-published books, including A Grandparent’s Gift of Memories: A Pilgrimage with the Saints, Whispers of the Soul: A Grief Journal, and A Rainbow for God. She also facilitates a grief and healing circle at her church. Groves lives in Sterling Heights, Michigan.