Jeanette Elaine DuBois

Things My Father Never Knew He Taught Me Jeanette Elaine DuBois

"I was waiting for him to die. Suddenly his eyes opened wide, and the slack face became animated. He was there again, his gaze like a laser locked and focused. "What is it, Daddy? What do you want to tell me?" I whispered. A slow smile spread like liquid across his face..." So begins author Jeanette Elaine Dubois' journey from childhood to her father's death, a path which invites us, the reader, to experience not just the memories, but the deeper meanings of those moments. In these seven chapters she relates how her father helped her find coping mechanisms and insights into navigating the daily chaos and often cruelty of life, and use it to positively change herself and her world. By sharing them, she gives that gift to each of us. In opening her journals to us all, she shines a light not only on the psyche of herself and her father, but on our collective consciousness. She points out practical and direct ways to live life with more joy and awareness, and find within each of us the ability to change ourselves - and our world - for the better. And at the end... she gives us some insight into whether there really is life after death. Or at least her father does...