Gail's lifelong relationship with her mother had been rocky at best, until that fateful day that Gail realized her mother was dying. Gail takes us through their family struggles-as her mother tried to raise four children on her own-to their final days together as her mother passes back and forth from this side of the veil to the other. Gail's mother is delighted to see friends and family waiting for her to join them on the other side.
I Am A Thousand Winds That Blow shows the change of heart both experienced as they finally opened up to each other. Then after her mother's passing, Gail releases her mother's ashes to the wind.
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Gail Michael is telling her true story about her difficult relationship with her mother, her capability to forgive, about grief and an everlasting love between a parent and child that should always be there.
It's also a story about trying to understand one another and learning about what the other went through and struggled with. Gail and her mother finally open their hearts to each other till the very end when Gail releases her mother's ashes to the wind.
This is a self-help book for everyone dealing with grief when a family member -especially a parent- is dying. Are you able to forgive? Are you going to say good-bye the right way?"
I had received a late night phone call that my father had suffered a heart attack, and now I was flying to Houston, Texas, to see him. Not until I was actually seated on that airplane did I realize the gravity of the situation. Only then did I contemplate, "What if I don't make it in time?" After an hour of reliving and reevaluating my relationship with my father, I needed a distraction. And a beautiful distraction I had, right in my handbag-Gail's book.
Gail and I walked hand-in-hand for the next three hours. Though she was not physically with me on that airplane, she walked with me through my regrets, fears, laughter and tears as I contemplated the possible loss of my father. While many deeply mourn their loss, living for an extended time in grief and sorrow, anger or remorse, Gail chose to acknowledge the incredible gifts that her mother gave to her, not only during her lifetime, but also during her death.
Kerry Morriss, Special Education
Orange County, California
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