“When our grieving, demanding intellect surrenders and our hearts soften and open, the soul’s deep and gracious calls can be heard coming through a grateful heart . . . and then life changes.” I wrote this while completing my book about finding the love and mercy of grace during times of profound grief. I offer it now because this one sentence reminds me that I’m able to be more than the fear, sadness and discord around and within me. I have been grieving the losses in my lif