Choosing the Gift: Dealing with the Loss of a Loved One

Choosing the Gift is designed to help people who have lost a loved one move through the grief process and share the gifts of their loved one to others that they meet.

It is a hard back, professionally designed book with 23 beautiful color photographs and a text that is both simple and powerful.

The photographer lost a daughter to leukemia 23 years ago, and the author has worked with people in death and dying situations for over 20 years.

Dr.Sheperd is a professional speaker and author who has a B.A. in Music, a Master's Degree in Mass Communication, and a Ph.D. in Counseling. He has over thirty years experience working with people in difficult situations ranging from high pressure jobs to terminal illness and the loss of a loved one. He has authored many books and had a six part series on Public Television called "Who's In Charge?"

Agnes L. Barnes became interested in photography when she was in high school. After the death of her daughter in 1980, she used the medium of photo slides of Beth Ann's life in conducting seminars and presentations for church, educational and medical groups to portray ways to assist families with chronically or terminally ill children. She and her husband, Chet, were involved in starting a support group for bereaved parents shortly after Beth Ann's death, and they facilitated the group for ten years. Agnes is an award winning photographer who has traveled extensively in the United States, as well as to many other countries.