Heartifacts: When a Child Dies, Love Remains

<p><i>Heartifacts</i> shares the message that Maggie Horgan has already used to help hundreds of grieving families at hospitals and memorial services in her home state of Pennsylvania. A message of hope for parents and siblings facing a loss that no person should have to bear: the loss of a child. </p> <p>Maggie has experienced such a loss herself. In 2001, her firstborn son, Neil, lost his life to cancer. Drowning in grief, Maggie knew that she needed to find a way to move on as the single mother of three other children. Her strength and ability to do so came from her son Neil - and a heart-shaped stone that appeared in the most unlikely of places.</p> <p>For parents, siblings, doctors, nurses, social workers, and educators - and all those who grieve for a child - <i>Heartifacts </i>shares a compassionate message of healing in line with the work of Melody Beattie and Mitch Albom; it is anchored in the profoundly personal. </p>