Lost Canyon

by Sean M. Fleming

Overview

Lost Canyon s title has a double meaning, referring both to a favorite place the author visited as a child and to his son, Canyon, who died. The double meaning provides a beautiful metaphor about treasuring the past and trying to go home again, while having to live in the present, and move forward with life. Fleming chronicles his journey through grief, acknowledging that time heals, but also that his son will always be a presence in his life and what we choose to focus on matters. One might say that the art of living well is really the art of letting go with grace. Life is loss. We lose jobs. We lose lovers. Some of us lose children. And some of us even lose ourselves. In the lonely aftermath of loss, it s easy to lose sight of the beauty we are mourning. Like a child who s been crying for so long that he eventually forgets why he s crying, we lose sight of what we re missing. We stay focused only on the void left behind. Like staring at the spaces between the stars, rather than on the stars themselves, we see only darkness and let the lovely lumens twinkle in vain.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940014684088
Publisher:	BookWise Publishing
Publication date:	06/29/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	249
File size:	334 KB

About the Author

Sean Fleming is an adventure enthusiast with a passion for life. He has traveled the world and enjoys an active life. Fleming has spent nearly 20 years in commercial real estate and land development. In 2007, he sold his interest in Wentworth Development, where he was CEO and a founding principal, to pursue other interests. Fleming was also a top agent and broker with NAI Utah Commercial and CB Richard Ellis. He has served on the advisory committee of the Utah Chapter of Urban Land Institute. When not working, Fleming enjoys family time, travel, fly fishing, boating, snow skiing, snowboarding, and mountain biking. Fleming recently completed The Mongol Rally, a charity event in which he drove from London to Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, more than 7,300 miles, in 26 days. An avid volunteer, Fleming devotes time to his church and community. A resident of Salt Lake City, Utah, Fleming is married and has five children.