Book details

  • Genre:self-help
  • Sub-genre:Death, Grief, Bereavement
  • Language:English
  • Pages:268
  • Paperback ISBN:9798317858520

The Love That Stayed

My life with Colleen, and the lessons she left behind.

By Adam Ziegler

Overview

At just fourteen years old, Adam Ziegler met the girl who would become the love of his life. What followed was nearly four decades of love, laughter, family, heartbreak, mistakes, forgiveness, and memories that would last a lifetime. The Love That Stayed is a deeply personal story about a marriage tested by life's challenges, a woman who faced unimaginable pain with remarkable strength and kindness, and a husband learning to navigate life after losing his best friend. Told with honesty, humor, heartbreak, and hope, Adam shares the lessons learned along the way about love, family, faith, second chances, and the importance of cherishing the people who matter most. Because sometimes the greatest love stories don't end when life does. They simply change. The love stayed.
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Description

At fourteen years old, Adam Ziegler met the girl who would become his wife, his best friend, the mother of his children, and the person who would shape nearly every part of his life. Nearly forty years later, he found himself learning how to live in a world without her. The Love That Stayed is not simply a story about losing a wife. It is the story of everything that came before the loss: growing up poor in a blue-collar New Jersey town, becoming a police officer, raising three sons, building a life and businesses, making mistakes, nearly losing a marriage, finding forgiveness, and discovering that sometimes the greatest lessons come from the people we love most. It is a story about Colleen, a woman who endured more than most people ever should, yet somehow continued to choose kindness, laughter, family, and love. It is also a story about grief, faith, regret, friendship, second chances, and the uncomfortable truth that none of us knows how much time we have left. Adam writes with honesty, humor, heartbreak, and hope about the life they built together and the lessons she left behind. Because death can take someone's presence. It cannot take what they gave us. THE LOVE STAYED. ADAM ZIEGLER
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About The Author

I'm Adam Ziegler. I'm the proud father of three sons, Kyle, Kory, and Drew. I also run ScentWorks K9, a canine detection company that serves professional sports stadiums and entertainment venues nationwide. I grew up poor in New Jersey, and for most of my life, luck was never on my side. But the one thing I got right was Colleen. She was the most beautiful, kind, and caring person I have ever known — and she endured more pain than anyone should ever have to, year after year, and never let it change who she was. Colleen and I were high school sweethearts. We were together forty years and married thirty, and being her husband was the best part of my life. When I lost her, I needed a way to hold on to what we had — so I wrote it down. The Love That Stayed is that story. It's about the girl I fell in love with in high school, the life we built together, and a love that didn't end when she did. I wrote it for my sons, so they never forget who their mother was — and for anyone who has ever loved someone and had to learn how to keep loving them after they're gone. I write with humor, truth, and sadness — to help anyone who is grieving, and to remind us all how precious life is.
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