The inception of “Before I Depart” has been an emotional journey for David and me. Forever etched in my memory is that phone call in 2018; the message was that a parent had died. The inertia we all felt of ‘What do I do now?’ turned into an active desire to help others who would go through this. That too, I remember well.
I had already typed a laundry list of things in my phone – what we had done, pending items, things to check on, and a whole lot of perplexing items in uncharted territory. Turns out, so had David.
We were sitting at the kitchen table the day after the funeral. He broke the ice and said, “You know what? There needs to be a book about how to get through this.” I agreed, and whipped out my phone, asking him if he wanted my notes. The look on his face was priceless. I said, “Yes, I had already been thinking the same.” We looked at each other, and as campy as this reads, simultaneously said, “Yep, let’s do this.”
The rest, as they say, is history… and true.
We chatted, met up, wrote, cursed, waffled, scrapped pages, continued chatting, and writing. Everyone has heard the stories about adversity breaking or bonding relationships. This sister-brother duo grew stronger and since then we have been in-sync; a nice thing.
So here we are ready to launch our book, and start a blog, to continue sharing what we have learned. We hope you will take this lemonade journey with us, and offer suggestions or topics of interest. Let’s face it – with absolute surety: If we have been born, we will depart.
Sis