Carole J. Sluski
Losing a child can only be described as an immediate shock of unbearable pain, grief, and mourning one can ever feel. Carole Sluski’s experience was no different. After losing her daughter Paula as a young adult, while still on her deathbed, she grasped for the hope that a miracle would happen and she would have her child back again. At this crisis stage, she reached out to God because she had nowhere else to go. As reality started settling in, Carole began leaning heavily on her faith to make it through each day of her life. She was given a tool to use for healing her grief. As she continues to progress in living her life daily with healing, she has experienced a new development of her faith brought on by her connection with the Blessed Virgin Mary, the mother of Jesus. In Thirty: A Mother’s Spiritual Journey After Losing Her Child, Carole shares her raw first-hand experience of the pain, confusion, disbelief, loneliness, sadness, and sickness she encountered in the loss of her child, Paula. From the early stages, in the beginning, days, weeks, and months of her loss, when she realized she was living in her darkest moments, to her thirty-year journey of grieving and healing through her faith in God, Carole will help you understand that healing is possible. Carole’s inspiring and touching story proves that taking small steps through your new life will make you a better person to yourself and others. Carole’s love for Paula enabled her to be stronger and become a survivor through the worst physical illnesses and mental suffering she incurred. Knowing her Christian God that the Holy Spirit is for real, she knows she will see Paula again in Heaven. Just like she did, you can also experience how faith will make you persevere in your darkest moments and unbearable pain.
