I have always used as an example of pain and suffering the (word) images that my father gave me from his experiences in Japan following the destruction caused by the bombs that fell on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. These images have been with me for a lifetime, and today they created the title of this book. Divorce I feel is akin to the pain and suffering of losing the one that you love in a catastrophe.In the case of divorce however, sometimes you can head off the inevitable. Sometimes.This book deals with my struggles following my divorce, it isn't pretty, perhaps not even well-written, but in all cases, it is real and does come from the heart and memories of my marriage and the aftermath of the divorce (i.e., Hiroshima).

I am praying that my next book can be titled something like "returning from the ashes", more hopeful, looking to the future, and still knowing that love is important.