Moving On Into Morning

About the Book

Cancer survivor stories make headlines. Unfortunately, most fourth stage lung cancer patients are forced to think in terms of months, not years, before they die. Moving on into Morning tells the story of our hope, frustration, and despair during the eighteen months preceding my wife’s death from lung cancer. Seventy-four of her poems, forty of her illustrations, and my narrative tell a story shared by millions of families throughout the world who have watched the departure of a loved one with a terminal illness. There are some miracles, but there are very few headlines.

Elsie has left us, but she has taken us to places we may never know.

About the Author

James I. Stockwell was an entrepreneur and executive search consultant. He co-founded Adage Inc., an early stage computer company credited with designing and marketing the first computer graphics terminal. As a consultant, he traveled throughout the United States and interviewed more than two thousand persons to identify candidates for senior level positions in industry, retailing, medical services, education, and not for profit organizations. He is now retired and is editor of the Villager, a quarterly literary publication at Carleton-Willard Village, a continuing care facility in Bedford, Massachusetts. Elsie Wear Stockwell was a poet and artist. Two books of her poetry, The Light Between the Leaves and For a Stranger Here, were published by The Mellen Poetry Press and her poems have appeared in numerous periodicals including Yankee Magazine. She had several one person shows of her art in Connecticut and Massachusetts. All of the illustrations are from her pastels and oils.