A Widower's Journey Through Grief: Surviving the Loss of Your Bride

If you're a man stunned by the loss of your beloved bride, or if you are watching your gravely ill wife's life slip away, this book knows your pain. A Widower's Journey Through Grief enters the depth of a man's anguish in losing his soul mate, lover, and partner.

While men and women have similar experiences common to trauma and loss, in many areas of life men respond differently than women. This book offers empathy and respect for the unique masculine way men work through their grief and find healing.

With honesty and vulnerability, Dave Witmer weaves his personal story of loss with the perspectives of others to embrace the emotional, relational, and spiritual questions and struggles men face with the death of a loved wife. What good was prayer? Where was God's healing?

The candid reflections offer comfort and hope in the heartbreak of loss, in finding healing and new relationships, and through it all, trusting in God's mystery. Reading this book lets you know you are not alone.

Dave was blessed with 39 wonderful years of marriage with Carol, the bride of his youth, before her heart-breaking death from cancer. He is now blessed again by God's gift of a loving remarriage with Joy.

He grew up in the rich farmland of Pennsylvania. He has served as a career coach to young adults exploring mission, and as a coach to church plant leaders in the northeast U.S. He helped launch a thriving gourmet coffee shop and has coached business leaders. Dave's nine books include devotional and inspirational writings, including Inspirit Revolution, Retirement Radicals, and his recent award-winning novel, Then Comes Evening.

Dave lives in southern Florida. He enjoys two married daughters with eight grandchildren. Dave's hobbies include reading, photography, traveling, jazz and blues guitar, westerns, and goofy 1950s sci-fi movies. He is always ready for a conversation about life over a cup of coffee.