LOS ANGELES, CA – After years of sitting at the bedside of the dying and watching families wrestle with all the things left unsaid, hospice nurse Shaleea Venney, PhD created something quietly revolutionary: a series of guided memory books that give individuals facing the end of life a way to say goodbye — and leave behind more than just memories.
Titled After We Say Goodbye, the book series includes six relationship-based editions: For kids, siblings, partners, best friends, parents, and adult children. Each book is filled with guided prompts, letter pages, memory reflections, and space to preserve the love, laughter, wisdom, and personal details that often end with the final goodbye.
Shaleea created these books because she wanted families to have something tangible to hold onto after they say goodbye, “This is their option to live on — in their own words, with their love, on their own terms,” says Venney.
Each edition is uniquely designed to support emotional healing while honoring the bond between the person leaving and the people they love most. The most recent addition to the collection, After Goodbye: Kids Edition, is a full-color keepsake created for children facing life-limiting illness. With space to color, write, and share special memories, it offers young patients a gentle, empowering way to be remembered forever.
All six editions are available now via Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and through IngramSpark. Bulk and institutional ordering options are available for hospices, hospitals, pediatric care providers, and grief counselors.
Venney’s mission is to ensure no family ever has to say goodbye without something meaningful left behind.
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