I felt like his loss was crushing me, and I worried that shining a light on it would only make it grow. Beau Biden, who was the son of President Biden and his first wife, died of brain cancer in 2015 at age 46.Īlthough she started writing the book two years after he died, she said "even the best memories were laced with pain. “But there was one thing I did not want to talk about: My son Beau," she said. She knew everything she wanted to write about, she said. The group is participating in a weeklong writing seminar at a ranch in Justin, Texas, sponsored by The War Horse, a nonprofit newsroom that publishes stories about the human fallout of military service.īiden, a community college writing professor, said that, after President Joe Biden finished up his earlier service as vice president, a publishing company suggested she write a book about her life. The first lady opened up about her experience with the children and siblings of service members who lost their lives during military service after the Sept. It connects to those who carry their own grief, reminds us that we aren't alone. “It takes courage to write,” she said Tuesday, “but it's worth it, because it helps us glue ourselves back together. WASHINGTON – Jill Biden says writing about the “crushing” grief she felt after her son Beau died of cancer helped give her the emotional strength to carry on as she encouraged young people who have lost loved ones during military service to spill their feelings out onto paper.
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