{"product_id":"it-all-belongs-love-loss-learning-to-live-again-hardcover","title":"It All Belongs: Love, Loss, \u0026 Learning to Live Again - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJudy Smoot\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRoy Smoot\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMelinda Folse\u003c\/b\u003e (With)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFor Judy Smoot, \u003c\/strong\u003e a devastating Glioblastoma Multiforme diagnosis means putting the spiritual practices she has taught so many others to the ultimate, personal test. As an artist, spiritual director, expressive arts teacher, retreat facilitator, and innovator of a non-profit organization supporting people with chronic disease, Judy shows us what it looks like to live fully into our own mortality by living fully into hers. \u003cem\u003eIt All Belongs\u003c\/em\u003e invites its readers to journey with Judy as she first confronts her life's biggest challenge head-on and then travels through the end of her earthly existence with grace, humor, humility, courage, and the ultimate hope of our being. Family and friends said, \"Judy showed us how to live ... and how to die.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eBut that's only half the story.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Following Judy's death, \u003cem\u003e It All Belongs\u003c\/em\u003e invites its readers to journey with Roy, Judy's husband of nearly 40 years, as he struggles to embrace the twin realities of love and grief. With extraordinary vulnerability, Roy offers a rare window into his struggle to learn the rhythms of this bittersweet dance. From the raw angst of navigating immediate day-to-day realities, to deep introspection during a long road trip out west, to culminating awareness on a spiritual quest in Iona, Scotland, Roy models the journey through unthinkable darkness to emerging triumphant into a full and abundant life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWoven into both sides of this honest, beautiful, heartbreaking, and awe-inspiring narrative, readers will discover spiritual tools and practices to equip them and their loved ones for their own inevitable end-of-life realities. In this unique pairing of perspectives laced with exquisite art and poetry, \u003cem\u003e It All Belongs\u003c\/em\u003e brings hands-on help for navigating any unwanted life journey to embrace the amazing love, beauty, light, and joy tucked within even our most tragic experiences.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e--Judy and Roy Smoot\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Judy teaches us how to live--and how to die. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Roy shows us how to survive and return to joyful, abundant life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eActively modeling spiritual and expressive arts practices she taught to so many others, Judy lives into her own mortal battle in a way that prompts a friend's observation, \"Judy taught us how to live . . . and how to die.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBut that's only half the story. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn the aftermath of Judy's death, Roy, Judy's husband of nearly 40 years, struggles to embrace the twin realities of love and grief, offering readers a rare window into this bittersweet dance between painful day-to-day realities and the search for one's new place in the world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In this dual exquisite narrative laced with expressive art, poetry, and hands-on help, \u003cem\u003eIt All Belongs\u003c\/em\u003e offers a unique pairing of perspectives to actively model spiritual tools and practices helpful for navigating life's inevitable realities and unwanted journeys -- while embracing the love, beauty, light, and joy in \u003cem\u003eall\u003c\/em\u003e our life's moments. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e--Judy \u0026amp; Roy Smoot\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 299\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.09 x 10.28 x 10.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51765261664544,"sku":"9780982696064","price":46.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/8f9dd3ac5015aebc4fe67e7ea367c9ef.webp?v=1780265267","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/it-all-belongs-love-loss-learning-to-live-again-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}