Life Without Lisa: How Grief Became Purpose, Healing & Hope/Richard Ballo
Some books are planned.
Others are written because survival demands it.
In this deeply moving episode of Beyond the Draft, host Imma welcomes award-winning author and speaker Richard Ballo, whose memoir Life Without Lisa began as a private journal after the devastating loss of his wife to cancer.
A published writer for more than five decades, Richard never intended to write a book about grief.
But when tragedy changed everything, writing became his lifeline.
In this conversation, Richard shares:
❤️ The healing power of writing through loss
❤️ Life as a widowed father raising two young sons
❤️…
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