"Marlene Burling is a widow. She was a pastor's wife. She has 3 married children, 10 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. She has been a teacher of children, youth, and ladies, and has been a speaker at ladies' banquets and workshops. She has developed a workshop titled, ""There's Life after Loss"" and is a leader of Grief Share in her church. She also has a weekly blog on her web site (marleneburling.com).What began as a personal exercise to process her grief upon the death of her husband, to whom she was married for 51 years; took on a life of its own and resulted in the collection of two 365 daily devotional books (""Morning Walks with God"" and ""A Daily Walk with God"") and a children's book, (""Grandma Tell Me the Easter Story"")"