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The Afterlife: My Story of Life, Love, Loss, and Living Agai
Paperback
Biographies GeneralDeath & Dying
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Feb 12 2026
Pages: 72
Weight: 0.32
Height: 0.19 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
What happens when the people who shaped your life are no longer here to witness it?
In The Afterlife: My Story of Life, Love, Loss, and Living Again, Désirée McCoy invites readers into the sacred, complicated space of life after loss. After caring for her mother through her final years - and grieving the passing of both her mother and grandmother - she found herself living in what she calls the afterlife - not heaven, but her life after them.
Through honest reflection and unwavering faith, Désirée shares:
- What it means to be a caregiver when no one prepares you
- The emotional weight of sorting through a lifetime of memories
- The brutal loneliness of holidays without the ones who made them special
- The quiet return of joy - and the courage to trust it again
- How faith becomes an anchor when grief feels overwhelming
- And how building beauty through her event design business became a form of worship and healing
From the sacred family tradition of ChristGiving to the sanctuary she created in her mother's room - Unicorn Lane - this memoir is a testament to love that does not end, even when life does.
The Afterlife is for anyone navigating grief, caregiving, faith, legacy, or the slow journey back to living fully again.
Because love does not disappear.
It transforms.
And sometimes, healing looks like building something beautiful right where your heart once broke.
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