Emphasis is how it affects a child or children as this is often the first time they learn about death, the death of a dear pet is palpable, and how to help a child or children cope. Grief is real and it is hard for children to cope as they have nothing in which to compare this new loss, thus the focus is on how it affects children and how to help them cope using strategies such as talking about the loss, drawing pictures of their pet, lots of hugs and love, and possibly plant a new tree or flower in memory of the lost pet.

Mason Grady built his life around the roar of a crowd. On the Southern indie wrestling circuit, pain was currency and legacy was everything. He gave his body, his marriage, and pieces of himself to a spotlight that never stayed long enough to make it worth it.

As the bookings dry up and his joints begin to fail, Mason turns to painkillers to keep going. First to survive the ring, then to survive himself. What starts as control slowly becomes dependency, and purpose turns into obsession.

In Forays in France: A Flavorful Memoir, author, Irvina Lew, an award-winning travel writer, takes readers on journeys to Paris, The Riviera and Wine Regions.

When their families start whispering the “H” word, retirement home, Hy Reynolds and Eugenia Drye do the only sensible thing.

They book a cruise.

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After all, why shape up when you can ship out?

Life at sea promises shuffleboard, salsa lessons, and umbrella drinks with tiny swords. But when a fellow passenger’s cocktail carries more kick than the ship's chorus line, Hy and Eugenia swap deck chairs for detective work.