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Journey’s End: Death, Dying, and the End of Life
by Victoria Brewster, MSW and Julie Saeger Nierenberg, MA Ed
This article is an excerpt from the upcoming book: Journey’s End: Death, Dying, and the End of Life, written, compiled, and edited by Victoria Brewster, MSW and Julie Saeger Nierenberg, MA Ed with an anticipated release date of Spring 2015.
Our 17-year-old daughter and only child, Casey, was the center of our universe. Adopted from a Polish orphanage at fourteen months in 1991, she grew from a weak, underdeveloped infant into a beautiful, smart, popular young lady accepted at elite Bennington College in Vermont for the fall, 2008 semester. We had our challenges with her to be sure. She tended to be high-strung, headstrong,argumentative, and almost impervious to discipline. Repeated trips to therapists brought the same advice – she’ll grow out of it; just be tougher with her.
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