I Am Here, Dad (Spiritual Journeys: Life & Living, Death and Dying Book 1)

I Am Here, Dad combines poetry with the images captured by the Hubble Space Telescope, Spitzer Space Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory. It empowers children and adults to celebrate the life of a father who has passed over. It's also a spiritual haven for the absence of a father who is separated from his child by work (e.g. a serviceman who is stationed overseas or a businessperson who travels frequently) or legal action, for example in jail or prison.

The celestial images are breathtaking, and the short poem empowers the reader to feel as though they will remember their father and that the spirit of their father will be available to them.

Over twenty discussion questions make it easy to enter into gentle, empowering discussions about life and living, death and dying.

Footnotes include information about each of the images, links to the images and a section that explains why the author chose each image.

I Am Here, Dad is especially appropriate for young children. It stimulates the use their imagination to understand the beautiful aspects of death and dying, and to remember and honor their father.