Life changed dramatically for my family on March 30, 2011, when police showed up at our door announcing my 22 yr old son Michael, had been brutally shot to death. My faith in God never wavered and faith it took as just 5 months later my 16 yr old daughter was killed on an ATV, Sept 3, 2011. April 2012 I was diagnosed with terminal cancer and 7 months after that my husband of 35 years was diagnosed with cancer and lost the battle Thanksgiving day of 2015.
In my book I share vivid details of their deaths and the trial.
One would think, How can I survive these tragedies?" Well I did and here I am today to write and share my story of Faith, Hope, Love, Forgiveness and sitting through 2 weeks of my sons murder trial February 2015 without my husb ...more

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Cynthia Portaro's Blog

Beyond the Unthinkable

Chapter 10
Children are not supposed to die … parents expect to see their children grow and mature. Ultimately, parents expect to die and leave their children behind. This is the natural course of life events, the life cycle continuing as it should. The loss of a child is the loss of innocence, the death of the most vulnerable and dependent. The death of a child signifies the loss of the future, of Read more of this blog post »

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