The Comfort of Holding Your
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“The Comfort of Holding Your Hand” is a touching autobiography by a woman who had a special relationship with
her parents, especially her stepfather. This tender story is a personal perspective of how a young woman has coped with loss
yet learned to love.
Mare’s biological father passed away when she was ten. She and her siblings were devastated as they all had a close
relationship with him. Her mother began to date a man shortly after their fathers passing. He and her mother fell in
love and married only nine months after her fathers passing.
Though the adjustment was a difficult one, Mare came to love and respect her new father and develop even a deeper bond
than she had with her biological father. She was the first of her three siblings to call him “dad”. Their relationship
became one of the most important that she had in her life.
Her dad had became pivotal in reestablishing a relationship with her mother by beginning the healing that was so needed
between a young woman and her mother.
Mare was heart broken when her dad was diagnosed with cancer. During his final days she helped her mother in his care giving.
During this time they would reminisce of the old times together. Mare was able to say that final good bye that she was denied
years earlier with her biological father.
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