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Stories for hard days

Comfort for illness, loss and the long nights. Gentle stories to remind you you're not alone.

Holidays

The Empty Egg

Jeremy, a terminally ill boy who frustrates his second grade teacher, brings an empty egg to class at Easter and teaches everyone the meaning of the empty tomb.

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Heroes & Patriots

Coming to God

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About this collection

Comfort for illness, grief and the long nights. If you’re going through something hard, or someone you love is, these gentle stories and poems are a reminder that you’re not alone and that hope is still close by.

A Letter From Heaven and Weep Not for Me are poems many families have read at memorial services. The Empty Egg is the story of a terminally ill boy who taught his class the meaning of Easter, and Keep Your Fork is about a woman who knew the best was yet to come. Strongest Dad in the World shows the kind of love that refuses to give up, and Pennies From Heaven is a small comfort for anyone missing someone.

These are good to read slowly, to share with a friend who is hurting, or to tuck into a sympathy card. For more, see our Healing & Hope section.