Guest Blog: Loss, Love and Inspiration By Eileen Doyon

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This week Eileen Doyon talks about how the loss of her dad led her to a gift of being able to give other women a voice to remember their loved ones. Our beloved ancestors may be gone but they leave us treasures. Eileen was able to realize that and now she works to share it with others. 

The loss of family members early in my life has been extremely difficult, and most recently I lost my
dad to lung cancer and was with him until the end.  I have been trying to figure out how to deal with
death due to it being so much a part of my life.  Most people will deal with loss at some point in their
lifetime.  The two years after my dad’s death were depressing, complicated, and dark.   In receiving
two treasures in 2012, my dad’s dog tags, and my grandmother’s chandelier, it meant so much to
me, my attitude, and my outlook on my own life.  I felt their presence and their love all around me.  I
knew that others in my situation had to feel the same way.  If so, I wanted to help.  So that became
my mission….to help others talk about their loved ones who have passed and to tell their stories of
their own personal keepsakes.  Our military is very precious to me.  We owe so much to our
veterans that have served and protected our country.   So this became my theme of my second
book.

People were so excited, emotional, happy, and sad all in one, but it was all good.  We laughed and
cried talking about memories and stories of loved ones.  Sometimes, those feeling are buried deep
down due to the crazy hectic lives we all live, and sometimes it just hurts too much to think or talk
about.  Everyone’s comments were so supportive and positive.  It really became a healing to all and
made people feel good.

So, in this hectic life, I have decided to run a series of books titled “Unforgettable Faces and
Stories”.  We all need to stop and think about people in our lives, both past and present, and stories
of those unforgettable magic moments.