Most people do not think of the ill or people taking care of the dying as both courageous and very productive in society. This wonderful book redeems them from invisibility and is also a lesson about the importance of inner strentgh. —Isaac Schiff, MD, Masschusetts General Hospital. Chronic illness can lead to powerful accomplishments, courage, deep meaning and love. given and received. Marguerite Bouvard shares wonderful stories of lives well lived, with inner strentgh and compassion. You will be inspired. —Mary Rosser, MD.