January 2019

Page A17 JANUARY 2019 FUNERAL HOME & CEMETERY NEWS S ec t i on A The Answering Service in a Class of its Own myASD.com 1-800-868-9950 SAVE BIG! EMITTE LIQUID CANDLE FUEL PLUS,with every order... ■ Free shipping& free returns! ■ And,anadditional 5%discount! [when you enter promotional code “Fuel”] Buy direct at ChurchCatalog.com and receive all thesame services as you dowhen purchasing our products through Amazon! MADE INUSA Know a Widower? You Better Keep an Eye on Him Continued from Page A16 mate. When a wife dies, many men seem to lose their reason for living, providing the basis from which other problems can grow. Limited Support and Resources for Widowers With so many problems facing widowers, you would think there would be a host of self-help materials avail- able for them. I felt so too when in 2008, I visited a large box bookstore retailer following the death of my wife, Michelle to pancreatic cancer. “Mister, we don’t have a damn thing for you.” These were the words spoken to me by the clerk after he had searched his store’s database for available titles. The fact is, the publishing industry has abandoned men by their refusal to publish books which address the needs of men. “Men don’t buy books,” multiple publishers have told me. My response: “Men certainly can’t buy what isn’t on the shelf.” The Widower’s Journey – A Book for Widowers For all of the reasons cited and more, I elected to leave my 38-year career in banking and dedicated my life to the com- fort and support of widowers. After nine years of research and writing, I published TheWidower’s Journey in 2017. The Widower’s Journey is a self-help book for widow- ers and those who love them, featuring the candid advice and best practices as expressed by over forty contribut- ing widowers. The book’s contributors hail from across America and represent a cross-section of social, economic and geographic backgrounds, as well as a variety of cir- cumstances surrounding the passing of their wives. Supporting the contribut- ing widowers is a team of experts from the fields of law, phycology, sociology, financial planning, religion and more. If you are a widower, or should you know a widow- er that you want to com- fort or assist, The Widow- er’s Journey is the perfect guide to give them. The book is available on Ama- zon.com in paperback and in all digital formats. You will also find addi- tional support available at Widowers Support Net- work, (WSN). There are four ways to access them, all of which are free. Register on the WSN website at www.Widow- ersSupportNetwork.com. Loaded with helpful in- formation and a blog on its homepage where you are invited to present your personal questions or share one or more of your best practices with our commu- nity of widowers and their supporters. Like Widowers Sup- port Network on Face- book. Registered mem- bers on our website (#1 above) are invited to have their deceased spouse “Re- membered” during the an- niversary month of their passing on this Facebook page complete with your spouse’s photograph. Join Widowers Sup- port Network , members only on Facebook, a pri- vate men’s only group page where widowers, caregivers and subject matter experts support one another. Follow us on Twitter @ WidowersJourney , an ex- cellent source for more healing resources. By completing all four steps, you will receive nu- merous comforting sugges- tions, time-sensitive grief recovery tips and best practices from widowed men and a team of caring subject matter experts. Herb Knoll is an advocate for widowers, profession- al speaker and founder of the Widowers Support Network, WidowersSupportNetwork.com. Knoll authored the break- out book, The Widower’s Journey, available at Amazon.com in paperback and all digital formats. Facebook: Widowers Support Network – Members Only and at Widowers Sup- port Network. Email: herb@WidowersSupportNetwork.com Office phone: 615-579-8136. Send Us Your News! PO Box 5159, Youngstown, OH 44514 FUNERAL HOME & CEMETERY NEWS Fax 1-800-321-9040 info@nomispublications.com