An Angel Walks Beside Me - Sherry Lynn Dyck, Paperback

• Release Date   4/20/2016
• ISBN-13   9781532828898 | 978-1-5328-2889-8
• ISBN   1532828896 | 1-5328-2889-6
• Format   Paperback
• Author(s)   Sherry Lynn Dyck
• This short story explores the effects of unresolved grief of a young mother following the deaths of her newborn triplets. It was before the internet era and knowledge of the effects of an incomplete recovery from grief was not widely discussed. She was ignorant to the lifelong negative effects on the capacity for her happiness. Her actions caused great emotional distress for both her and her family leading her to irrational and dysfunctional thoughts and actions. Her inability to accept the loss of her 3 daughters kept her stuck in grief while others asked if she would ever ‘get over it and let those girls rest in peace.’ Painfully real and heartbreaking, the author takes you on a journey of hope and recovery following the tragic loss of her 3 daughters that would lead her to several mental health diagnoses, a chronic pain diagnosis (directly related to the pregnancy) and then addiction to alcohol which required a 3-month stay in rehab. An Angel Walks Beside Me is a groundbreaking short story that opens discussions on how society views grief, mental health, chronic pain and addiction as it is often from early tragedies that mental health, chronic pain and addictions stem.