A Widow's Hope shares a unique story as a young widow with children who shares the raw, relatable ways she dug her way out of the trenches and back to the land of the living.

There are many books about widowhood and grief. While helpful when the time is right, the shock and the aftermath of such a traumatic experience can make it difficult to find the time and motivation to read them while surviving the daily obstacles that zap your energy.

Right now, the widow is too busy surviving funeral planning, endless calls and texts from family, tireless efforts to obtain the death certificate, meetings with social security, arrangements to be ironed-out with banks, mortgagors, and debts. Not to mention the practical things, like ensuring the children have been fed, arranging who will take them to school while you deal with the horrible details such as picking out his casket, or helping your children with things only you can help with?

And then it hits her, "How will I even tell them that their father is dead? They don't even know what 'dead' means!" Just thinking of the unending list of things to be done can leave the widow feeling smothered and breathless. Now is not the time for a novel; now is the time for a survival book, because right now, that's what the widow is doing-surviving.

• Facilitate grief support groups for widows
• Speak for multiple platforms to share her story of widowhood
• Help readers understand the widow's experience and how to help those who are widowed
• Network with school colleagues, church groups and public events for promotion
• Submit to major industry reviewers, including Publishers Weekly and Foreword Reviews

About the Author
Julie Escalante Ortiz is a mother, teacher, musician, writer, and public speaker. She earned her degree in Theology from the University of St. Thomas in Houston. She has since used her degree to impact the youth community as a missionary, youth pastor, high school Theology teacher, guitar and voice teacher, Spanish teacher, and girls' soccer coach. She is currently the Theology and Latin Teacher for the diocese of Austin. Julie continues to impact the widowed community by coordinating and facilitating grief support groups, performing by sharing her singing and public speaking, and creating a Memorial Scholarship Award program in memory of her husband, Javier Ortiz, for graduating seniors. Julie and her three beautiful children live in Killeen, Texas.


Book Information
ISBN 9781631959745
Author Julie Escalante Ortiz
Format Paperback
Page Count 160
Imprint Morgan James Publishing llc
Publisher Morgan James Publishing llc