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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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The Empty Chair

The Empty Chair

Staggs, Shirley

Paperback

General Fiction

ISBN13: 9798165784965
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Oct 27 2026
Pages: 112
Weight: 0.24
Height: 0.28 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English

The Empty Chair
By Shirley Staggs

After forty-three years of marriage, Earl Mitchell knows what it means to love someone with his whole heart. Margaret has been his wife, his best friend, and the center of his world for as long as he can remember. But when death takes her away, Earl is left facing a future he never imagined-a house filled with memories and an empty chair that reminds him of everything he has lost. Struggling to cope with his grief, Earl tries to keep his mind occupied with the hobbies he once enjoyed. In his workshop, he carves wooden keepsakes and carefully crafts fishing lures, hoping the familiar rhythm of his hands will quiet the loneliness in his heart. Yet no matter how busy he keeps himself, he cannot escape the silence that follows him from room to room. Searching for a reason to live again, Earl discovers a small storefront church around the corner from his home. There, he finds more than a place to pray. Through volunteering to deliver groceries and personal necessities to struggling families, Earl begins to see that even in the midst of heartbreak, his life can still make a difference. As he builds new friendships, serves others, and returns to the comfort of his workshop, Earl slowly discovers that healing does not mean forgetting the person he has lost. It means learning to carry their love into a future they can no longer share.

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