Nancy Groves, MSW, is a retired medical social worker with over twenty years of experience as an educator and counselor. She has presented seminars in hospitals, universities, and churches on the emotional impact of serious illnesses and served on the Michigan Department of Public Health AIDS Advisory Board. She has written articles for the Healing Ministry Journal and the Bereavement Magazine, and is the author of several self-published books, including A Grandparent’s Gift of Memories: A Pilgrimage with the Saints, Whispers of the Soul: A Grief Journal, and A Rainbow for God. She also facilitates a grief and healing circle at her church. Groves lives in Sterling Heights, Michigan.