Heartifacts

"Heartifacts" brings hope and inspiration to people in dire need of both: people who have borne unfathomable loss. Maggie Horgan has already shared her unique story as a speaker before hundreds of families and professionals at hospitals, support groups and memorial services in her home state of Pennsylvania. Her message is fresh, timeless, and enlightening, despite the anguish she and her children have survived. Like too many others, her family has faced a loss that none should have to bear: the loss of a child.

In 2001, Maggie's 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.

For parents, siblings, doctors, nurses, social workers, and educators-and all those who grieve for a child-"Heartifacts "shares a compassionate message of healing in line with the work of Melody Beattie and Mitch Albom; it is anchored in the profoundly personal.