Comfort for the grieving parent's heart: hope and healing after losing your child - roe gary

Gary, Roe: - Author, speaker, hospice chaplain, and grief specialist Gary Roe is a trusted voice in grief recovery who has been bringing hope and healing to hurting hearts for more than three decades.

Garys story began with a childhood of mixed messages and sexual abuse.

This was followed by other losses and numerous grief experiences.

Ultimately, a painful past led Gary into a life of helping wounded people heal and grow.

A former college minister, missionary in Japan, entrepreneur in Hawaii, and pastor in Texas and Washington, he now serves as a writer, speaker, chaplain, and grief counselor.

In addition to Comfort for the Grieving Parents Heart, Gary is the author of numerous books, including the award-winning bestsellers Shattered: Surviving the Loss of a Child, Comfort for the Grieving Spouses Heart, and Aftermath: Picking Up the Pieces After a Suicide.

Garys books have won three national book awards and have been named as finalists eight times.

He has been featured on Dr.

Laura, Belief Net, the Christian Broadcasting Network, Wellness, Th rive Global, and other major media and has well over 700 grief-related articles in print.

Recipient of the Diane Duncam Award for Excellence in Hospice Care, Gary is a popular keynote, conference, and seminar speaker at a wide variety of venues.

Gary loves being a husband and father.

He has seven adopted children, including three daughters from Colombia.

He enjoys hockey, corny jokes, good puns, and colorful Hawaiian shirts.

Gary and his wife Jen and family live in Texas.