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The guest, Joe DiNardo, wrote this book following the loss of his wife to stage IV pancreatic cancer, sharing anecdotes about their relationship and the love he found through meditation. He decided to use the letter he wrote to her as her eulogy, which then inspired him to compile the book with emails describing her situation.
He wrote a book, it's a letter to his wife and you're going to hear him speak about why he did it and you're going to hear some, as I said, it's really an honor, it was an honor to sit with him and ta...
— Episode: Joe DiNardo, Grief and Meditation
Episode: Joe DiNardo, Grief and Meditation
The guest, Joe DiNardo, wrote this book following the loss of his wife to stage IV pancreatic cancer, sharing anecdotes about their relationship and the love he found through meditation. He decided to use the letter he wrote to her as her eulogy, which then inspired him to compile the book with emails describing her situation.
He wrote a book, it's a letter to his wife and you're going to hear him speak about why he did it and you're going to hear some, as I said, it's really an honor, it was an honor to sit with him and talk about this stuff and I think it's going to be very useful to anybody who listens to it so I give you Joe DiNardo.
And I wrote the book and what happened is one my wife passed away. Of course there was a dare so between that and the funeral. And usually had a funeral like that. Nises and nephews are asked to each say a few words about the rant. And that's great. And that's a wonderful way to do it. But for some reason I felt that something, my wife, I wanted to do something different for her.
I thought of maybe I put a little book together, call it a letter to my wife would be the letter.
Medears love, I write this letter tonight on tear-stained paper. My heart lies in pieces on our bedroom floor but I wanted to share something with you before you go on your journey.
And I knew then that I wanted to be and would be there every step of wherever this journey might take you. I never knew how much I loved you and in that moment I knew and experienced the love I had never shared or experienced before.