TRIUMPH OVER TRAGEDY
In Iona Henry McLaughlin’s book, Triumph Over Tragedy, she tells of her struggle to find purpose and meaning in her life following the death of her daughter Jane to a brain tumor, and a few days later, her husband Pete and son Jack were lost in an accident which also left Iona near death. The sequence of tragedy was overwhelming for her. Lying in her hospital room she wondered for what purpose she continued to live. She often wished for and prayed for death and to join her three loved ones. But there were in her life some people who would not let her give in to the tragedies that had struck her life. Though she was some 1500 miles from home, friends flew out to the hospital to be with her. A family doctor came not only to be with her but also to donate blood for her. The staff of the hospital shared their own grief experiences with her.…
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