Bless the Birds: Living with Love in a Time of Dying

Writer Susan Tweit and her economist-turned-sculptor husband Richard Cabe had just settled into their version of a "good life" when Richard saw thousands of birds one day--harbingers of the brain cancer that would kill him two years later. This compelling and intimate memoir chronicles their journey into the end of his life, framed by their final trip together, a 4,000-mile-long delayed honeymoon road trip.

As Susan and Richard navigate the unfamiliar territory of brain cancer treatment and learn a whole new vocabulary--craniotomies, adjuvant chemotherapy, and brain geography--they also develop new routines for a mindful existence, relying on each other and their connection to nature, including the real birds Richard enjoys watching. Their determination to walk hand in hand, with open hearts, results in profound and difficult adjustments in their roles.

Bless the Birds is not a sad story. It is both prayer and love song, a guide to how to thrive in a world where all we hold dear seems to be eroding, whether simple civility and respect, our health and safety, or the Earth itself. It's an exploration of living with love in a time of dying--whether personal or global--with humor, unflinching courage, and grace. And it is an invitation to choose to live in light of what we love, rather than what we fear.

Author: Susan J. Tweit
Publisher: She Writes Press
Published: 04/27/2021
Pages: 312
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.79lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9781647420369

About the Author
Tweit, Susan J.: - Susan J. Tweit is a plant biologist who began her career working in the wilderness studying wildfires, grizzly bear habitat and sagebrush ecosystems. She turned to writing when she realized she loved telling the stories in the data. She is an award-winning author of twelve books, including a previous memoir, Walking Nature Home, and has been published in magazines and newspapers including Audubon, Popular Mechanics, the Denver Post, and the Los Angeles Times. Her essays and commentaries have been collected in numerous anthologies, and heard on regional public radio. She is cofounder of the Border Book Festival and Audubon Rockies' Be A Habitat Hero Project, and an active member of Women Writing the West and Story Circle Network. Visit her online at www.susanjtweit.com.Tweit writes from the high desert outside Santa Fe, New Mexico, and a farm at the foot of high peaks near Paonia, Colorado, where deer and coyotes saunter through her garden and stars stud a dark night sky.