Grief does not arrive with instructions. It arrives without warning, without a map, and without an end date. What it asks of us - and what so few books truly offer - is company. Dragonflies: New Beginnings for Healing from Grief and Loss is that company. Written by a mother who lost her eldest son and first set these words down six years into that loss, these one hundred Beginnings were not written from the other side of grief. They were written from inside it - honest, reaching, and certain of only one thing: that healing is possible, and that no one should travel this path alone. Each Beginning is a single step: a reflection, an invitation, an affirmation that you are still moving, even on the days it does not feel that way. Together they form a passage through the deepest season of the human experience. In the Native American tradition, the dragonfly symbolizes change in its purest form - the journey toward our authentic selves. It is a fitting symbol for what this book offers: not an escape from grief, but a path through it, and a companion for every step. This second edition includes haikus and a poem written from eighteen years of healing - for those just beginning, and for those still finding their way. With a foreword by grief counselor Rebecca Deaton, LCSW, Dragonflies speaks to military families, Gold Star parents, hospice caregivers, grief support groups, and anyone seeking a gentle, spiritually grounded approach to healing after profound loss. You are not alone. I will sit with you.