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Soul's Journey: A Book of Poetry and Reflections

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by Kelly Stone Thompson
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Availability:In StockContributor:Kelly Stone ThompsonTheme:Topical/Death/DyingPublish date:8/19/2026Pages:120
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Outskirts PressISBN-13:9781977288882ISBN-10:197728888XUPC:9781977288882Book Category:Poetry, Self-HelpBook Subcategory:Subjects & Themes, Death, Grief, Bereavement, AmericanBook Topic:ReligiousSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.28 inchesWeight:0.173Product ID:SCZ1EDE253

How do we continue forward when life changes in ways we never imagined?

In Soul's Journey, the author of My Sister is a Mermaid: A Book of Poetry and Reflections returns with a deeply personal collection of poetry and reflections about family, nature, love, illness, caregiving, grief, and the courage to embrace life through seasons of profound change.

The collection begins with memories of family and everyday experiences before turning toward the natural world, where beauty exists alongside vulnerability and loss. The devastation left by Hurricane Helene in the Appalachian Mountains becomes another powerful reminder of how quickly the familiar can be transformed and how communities can come together in the aftermath.

The journey then becomes intensely personal. The author shares her own experience with cancer while also walking beside her beloved husband, Sydnor, through terminal cancer and hospice care. In the title poem, "Soul's Journey," she observes the physical changes in the man she loves while contemplating the mystery of the journey ahead. Even as time grows short, there are still moments of laughter, connection, and gratitude for his presence. Her reflections on caregiving reveal both its practical demands and its extraordinary intimacy.

After loss comes another journey: learning how to live without the person who shared your life. The author's reflections capture the loneliness of an empty place at the dinner table, memories of conversations once shared, and the difficult search for courage and purpose in a changed world.

Tender, candid, spiritual, and ultimately hopeful, Soul's Journey speaks to anyone who has loved deeply, faced cancer or serious illness, cared for someone nearing the end of life, mourned a spouse or family member, or searched for signs of hope after loss. These poems and reflections remind us that healing does not require forgetting. Sometimes healing means carrying love forward as we begin the next part of our own journey.

Languages:EnglishPublisher:Outskirts PressISBN-13:9781977288882ISBN-10:197728888XUPC:9781977288882Book Category:Poetry, Self-HelpBook Subcategory:Subjects & Themes, Death, Grief, Bereavement, AmericanBook Topic:ReligiousSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.28 inchesWeight:0.173Product ID:SCZ1EDE253
Thompson, Kelly Stone: - Kelly Thompson is a family nurse practitioner and certified nurse midwife who lives in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina. She began writing during the COVID-19 pandemic, finding comfort and meaning as she explored themes from her childhood, her work in healthcare, and her husband's cancer journey. Her debut collection, My Sister Is a Mermaid: A Book of Poetry and Reflections, was published in 2023.Kelly continued writing while walking alongside her husband through cancer treatment, and later through her own diagnosis. She completed treatment and is now cancer free. In 2024, she lost her husband, Sydnor, to cancer. Just seven months later, Hurricane Helene impacted the mountains she calls home.Through each of these life-altering experiences, writing became a steady source of reflection, healing, and strength. Kelly shares her work in the hope that it will offer comfort, connection, and meaning to others navigating loss, illness, and life's many transitions.Her latest work, Soul's Journey, explores these passages through stories of family, nature, illness, grief, and the ongoing search for meaning after loss.
Publisher: Outskirts Press

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