Naomi and the Widows' Club: A Safe Strong Place after the Loss of a Spouse

Naomi and the Widows' Club: A Safe Strong Place after the Loss of a SpouseSociety today does not prepare us for an time in life when we live alone. Most of us are not ready. In our death denying culture, we make assumptions and plan for an life lived together with our spouses. We typically do not prepare for the shock, grief, loss of identity and social standing, economic insecurity, and loneliness that frequently accompanies the loss of our life partner. But God prepares us. The Bible contains an entire chapter focused on

Society today does not prepare us for an time in life when we live alone. Most of us are not ready. In our death-denying culture, we make assumptions and plan for an life lived together with our spouses. We typically do not prepare for the shock, grief, loss of identity and social standing, economic insecurity, and loneliness that frequently accompanies the loss of our life partner. But God prepares us. The Bible contains an entire chapter focused on the plight of two widows: Ruth, who is young, and Naomi, who is not. This book focuses on a modern-day Naomi and the first year of encouragement she brought to 8 widows.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Naomi Rhode (pronounced Rhode E), CSP, CPAE Speaker Hall of Fame®, a graduate and alumni of the year of the University of Minnesota, speaks annually before thousands of health care professionals and their team members, corporations, conventions, non-profit organizations, and Christian ministries, sharing her expertise on leadership, team building, life and interpersonal relationships. She stimulates her audience to achieve new levels of professional and personal growth. She has spoken in all 50 states and 15 foreign countries.

Kim Harms has been around the block in life. She has served as a Commissioned Officer in the United States Public Health Service, a dental school professor, a grief counselor, a death doula, a civil mediator, a clinical dentist with her late husband Jim in Farmington MN, a school board Chair, President of an international women's organization, the first woman President of the Minnesota Dental Association, a National Spokesperson (21 years) for the American Dental Association, an award-winning, bestselling author and international speaker on the topics of grief, conflict and legacy planning. Her Latest book Are You Ready? How to Build a Legacy to Die For helps readers set their families up for success after they are gone. She has also suffered many personal losses, including the deaths by suicide of her mother and son and the death by broken heart of her husband after their son's death. Her most important role now is mother to her two surviving children and grandmother to 6 precious grandchildren.