What You Can Do When You Lose a Loved One
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A Teaching Place
You CAN contact your Loved One’s previous school to inquire about needed equipment or learning spaces that are on the school’s wish list. Once this is decided, you CAN have a fundraiser to make these wish lists come true each year. A monetary gift can be given to the school in your Loved One’s name; perhaps you would present them with a check each year on your Loved One’s birthday.
The Elizabeth Seton Montessori School proposed an outdoor classroom. This was a perfect fit since my Loved One so enjoyed being outside enjoying nature. Four quadrants of learning were designed: tactile, balance and coordination, sun and sand, and gardening. The vegetables that are grown there are donated to the area food bank. The four quadrants meet at the peace circle which is also home to the plaque of dedication for my Loved One.
This teaching place has become a peaceful place for family and friends to visit to remember the good times that our Loved One spent there and it is a favorite learning area for the children that are now attending the school.
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About the Book
Two gutting events occurred in my life. The first was on May 26, 2011, when my identical twin sister succumbed to a five-year unrelenting brain tumor and the second—a mere fourteen months later—was on September 24, 2012, when my son was enjoying nature while riding his sports bike. He had a tragic accident and died instantly at the young age of twenty-one. My world came to a screeching halt. Two people who meant everything to me were gone forever. Many well-intentioned people told me what I should be doing to get over this, but quite frankly, it wasn’t until I came out of the fog that I realized that the only way I was going to survive the rest of my life was to try to channel my grief into something positive.
To honor the memory of my sister and my son and to help our family and so many friends to heal, I decided to write this book about what you can do—not what you should do—when you lose a loved one.
About the Author
Deborah Nobile Milito graduated with a BS in pharmacy and then went on to receive her doctorate in pharmacy from Duquesne University, along with her identical twin sister, Denise Nobile DeNunzio. They both would have been English majors had they not decided on careers in healthcare.
She resides in Jeannette, Pennsylvania, with her aging blond lab, Rico, who’s convinced he is still a puppy, and three of her son Anthony’s creatures, Slink the gecko lizard, Mali the Mali uromastyx, and Emily the turtle. She has two boys—Nicolas, who lives in Houston, and Anthony, who lives in heaven. Things You CAN Do When You Lose a Loved One is Deborah’s first book.