The Game of Life: "A Collection of Snapshots from the Family Album of Two Experienced Players"

A collection of short stories,poems, and postcards that range from the amusingly playful to the provocativelythoughtful.¿ The underlying theme istriumph through focused effort and mutual support over the life crises that allof us must face¿ The stories arepresented in a bite-sized format and are designed to appeal to the palates ofmature adults who have had some difficult life experiences of their own.¿ The book is divided into severalsegments.¿ It begins with Reflections, a short collection ofpersonal reveries and inspirational tracts, that establishes the theme for whatfollows.¿ A Cats' Tale is a series of stories about the adventures andidiosyncracies of the family pets that begins with the story of Sparky, TheChristmas Cat.¿ Next comes Snippets which chronicles the greaterand lesser adventures of a couple who found each other after stumbling,unsuccessfully, through their first marriages and who strive through their owntrial and error experiments to create a happy life together.¿ RelationshipSurvival Kit, that follows, is a humorously presented set of "do's" and"don'ts" for couples in committed relationships.¿ Finally, Myths That Maimcautions us about the hidden pitfalls of a mindless, bumper sticker-approach tolife.

Frank Losik has been a licensedMarriage & Family Therapist for over sixteen years.¿ He is an experienced problem-solver whospecializes in working with clients who are temporarily overwhelmed by somesort of life crisis.¿ He has worked witha wide variety of clients in many different settings from private practice tostate prisons to at-risk high school students.¿¿¿ He began his study of counseling and psychology while workingthrough his own personal crises of divorce, career change, custodial andnon-custodial parenting, step-parenting, and remarriage.¿¿ He strives to achieve two goals with hisclients: the first is to relieve their current pain and suffering; the secondis to empower them to develop the skills to resolve future problems on theirown.