This Sure Thing - Paperback

by Sarah Mayfield (Author), Dennis Auth (Illustrator)

Inspired by real events, This Sure Thing captures a boy's persistence after the death of his younger brother.

The boy imagines what life would be like if his brother were still alive. Days might be filled with football, laughter, and video games! His brother might discover the trick candles on his birthday cake! Despite all he wonders, the boy knows one thing for sure: his brother is no longer here, but the love he has for him still is. In sharing this unfading love with others, and writing notes to his deceased brother, the boy discovers both meaning and connection on his grief journey.

This Sure Thing, through a heartfelt, first-person narrative, encourages youth to continue to live the love they have for their person no longer here.

Bonus features included in this book:

"30 Ways to Live That Love"-Browse the list of remembrance activities and grief rituals. Pick out ones that feel like a good fit for you and your child. Discover new ways to live the love for your special person!

"Today Notes"- On these blank notes, write a few words (or draw a picture!) to your loved one about how you "live that love." Capture the love you have for your special person! Save these notes and revisit them when you feel up to it.

Print blank Today Notes and find additional grief resources at livethatlove.org.

Twenty-five percent of author's proceeds from book sales go to National Alliance for Children's Grief and Full Circle Grief Center.