What if you were suddenly widowed? How would you cope? How would your life change? As a Christian minister Bob thought he understood grief. He had conducted studies on death and dying and walked with numerous families through the loss of loved ones. But when his wife died from injuries suffered in an automobile accident while the couple was on a mission trip, Bob learned the difference between studying grief academically and knowing grief personally.

In this book, Bob relates his own struggles about putting life back together after the death of a spouse. He examines issues related to changes that death brings, questions about religious faith, about the grief journey and about finding a new hope-filled sense of life.