It's a day like any other...except it's not. For on this day, Karen gets the call that her beloved Charlie, her partner in work and life, is dead.

Suddenly, she is a widow so prostrate with grief that she can barely stand, let alone move forward. Yet Karen is determined to get up, because somewhere inside is a spark that tells her she is not alone—a knowing that God or Universe or whatever we think of as the presence that is greater than ourselves is there, somewhere, waiting for her to open the door and enter that welcoming light.

And so begins Karen's journey through grief and loss and into the light of what she thought she would never again know: joy. Each chapter tells the story of a blessing that reveals itself within the darkest depths of Karen's grief. From little acts of self-nurturing to creating a place of refuge, from willing inner strength into existence to understanding that being knocked down does not negate the other steps forward, from facing down the expectations of others to allowing herself to love again, Karen's story is a series of guideposts for every person's individual journey through grief.