This book should be used by students in our seminaries as required supplementary reading.

Rev. Paul Richard Williams

Pastor of St. John/St. Paul Lutheran Church

Akron, Ohio

Sharing these experiences related in Heart's Rest made it possible for my husband and me to open up to each other and discuss things we had never been able to talk about since we lost our twin daughters.

Dianne M. Peecook

Wadsworth, Ohio

Member of Precious Parents

Author Kathryn Popio suddenly lost her thirteen-year-old son, Macaulay, in 1988. Her chronicled steps toward healing will inspire and uplift others who have lost a child.

Popio writes, "It is my hope in sharing these experiences that they will also help someone else work through to a better resolution of their sorrow."

Kathryn Popio is an author and educator who has written articles and inspirational poetry for a variety of denominational publications. She currently teaches at The University of Akron and Kent State University in Ohio.