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    An Empty Cocoon: When a Departed Dear One Is Transcended to a Better Place
    An Empty Cocoon: When a Departed Dear One Is Transcended to a Better Place
    An Empty Cocoon: When a Departed Dear One Is Transcended to a Better Place
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    An Empty Cocoon: When a Departed Dear One Is Transcended to a Better Place

    By Richard L. Broch Sr.

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    When the dark veil of expiration removes one who was here and nowto there and foreverspoken words may not be sufficient. Herein is a personal collection of original elegies, poems, stories, and vignettes never before published, along with applicable Bible passages. These are designed to provide lighting of imagery, which will illuminate shared events from a gallery of misty memories, offering a sense of sweetness to a time of sadness. During the bereavement process, occasions of questioning, anger, and helplessness may plague a lonely individual. The composition of this compilation provides answers to difficult questions, and offers hope, not only short-term, but eternal-term as well.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWestBow Press
    Release dateOct 21, 2013
    ISBN9781490811048
    An Empty Cocoon: When a Departed Dear One Is Transcended to a Better Place
    Author

    Richard L. Broch Sr.

    My hope is that this effort will help fill the void which a loss has caused. To God be the glory!

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      An Empty Cocoon - Richard L. Broch Sr.

      Copyright © 2013 Richard L. Broch, Sr..

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by any information storage retrieval system without the written permission of the publisher except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

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      Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

      Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Thinkstock are models, and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

      Certain stock imagery © Thinkstock.

      ISBN: 978-1-4908-1103-1 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4908-1104-8 (e)

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2013918380

      WestBow Press rev. date: 10/18/2013

      Contents

      About the Author

      Preface

      An Empty Cocoon

      Elegy: The Empty Cocoon

      About Grieving

      The Last Picture Show

      Elegy: Ebb of the Tide

      Thoughts of the Other Side

      Serenade of the Dawn

      From Darkness unto Light

      Elegy: The One Who Doesn’t Live Here Anymore

      Looking for an Answer

      Serendipity Serenades

      Pets in Heaven?

      Solitary Thoughts

      The Joy of the Lord Is Our Strength

      Elegy: The Hourglass of Life

      What the Bible Says about Death

      Why, God? Why did You take a loved one from us?

      Good-Bye, Journey. Hello, Home Sweet Home

      About the Author

      Richard L. Broch Sr.

      Pastor in a Christian Church, for thirteen years.

      Employment:

      HR Department at a care agency seven years, as instructor for staff serving individuals with developmental disabilities.

      Retired from AT&T in 1985 after thirty years of service.

      Miscellaneous positions in management with various managerial assignments pertaining to service.

      Writing experience—Monthly column in agency publication for seven years.

      Book: Are you a S.A.D Christian? (unpublished)

      Book: An Empty Cocoon

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