Mare R

The Comfort Of Holding Your Hand Mare R

"The Comfort of Holding Your Hand" is a touching autobiography by a woman who had a special relationship with her parents, especially her stepfather. This tender story is a personal perspective of how a young woman has coped with loss yet learned to love. Mare's biological father passed away when she was ten. She and her siblings were devastated as they all had a close relationship with him. Her mother began to date a man shortly after their fathers passing. Mare soon realized it was her closest friends "Uncle Sam" a man she had already known. "Uncle Sam" and her mother fell in love and married only nine months after her fathers passing. Though the adjustment was a difficult one, Mare came to love and respect her new father and develop even a deeper bond than she had with her biological father. She was the first of her three siblings to call him "dad". Their relationship became one of the most important that she had in her life.