Leaving My Mark is a memoir written by Eloria Elliot of her journey through grief and healing. Composed as a sequence of lyric poems, and graced with beautiful original artwork, Elliot gives us a unique front-row seat to the trauma of losing her husband through a tragic instance of medical negligence and the long torturous road of the sorrow and anger that followed. Written over a period of 17 years, her honest and vulnerable poems lead us all the way from unimaginable shock and despair, through the twists and turns of seeking truth, justice and closure, to new places of hope and healing. This book offers rare resources of insight and solidarity for all who find themselves traveling the way of loss and sorrow or for those walking alongside anyone suffering in the valleys of grief.
Praise for Leaving My Mark
Leaving My Mark is an extraordinarily gripping journey through the valley of devastating loss. Told in the voice of a poet with a keen ability to capture the buffeting blows of shock, sorrow, and disorientation, these words force the reader into direct encounters with the wild and untamed forces so familiar to the human story. Elliot’s tapestry of poems weave together a chronicle of faith and suffering, of stubborn love refusing to buckle, of persistent hope finally, after the long while, having the last word. It is a rare gift Elliot has given, and the privilege is ours to enter in and see with her eyes and feel through her heart the miracle of a love that proves stronger than death.
-Jeff Reed, author of Kóre on the Trail of the Tree Keepers