My Favorite Color is Blue. Sometimes.. Roger Hutchison

      

      PRAISE FOR My Favorite Color Is Blue. Sometimes.

      “Our world is increasingly rediscovering that grief and trauma are whole-body experiences. Hutchison’s imagery and art are a feast for the eyes, soaking into the mind’s memories and rendering fresh tears, smiles, and that human-divine alchemy of prayer that all great art performs.

      —TROY BRONSINK, founder of The Hive: A Center for Contemplation, Art, and Action and author of Drawn In: A Creative Process for Artists, Activists, and Jesus Followers.

      “This original volume belongs in every collection of books for children about grief.”

      —WENDY MOGEL, PHD, New York Times bestselling author of The Blessing of a Skinned Knee

      “My Favorite Color Is Blue. Sometimes. Is a fabulous book. For all ages. All you need to appreciate it are feelings and a love of colors.”

      —GAIL GODWIN, New York Times bestselling author of Father Melancholy’s Daughter

      “Through brilliant colors revealed and remembered, Roger offers sacred space to dwell with grief and be at peace.”

      —LISA KIMBALL, PHD, Virginia Theological Seminary

      “Roger Hutchison’s My Favorite Color Is Blue. Sometimes. explores the many colors of bereavement and invites the reader to paint a picture of the memories and emotions that make up their personal grief journey.”

      —MARIAN MANKIN, Program Director of Bo’s Place, Houston, TX

      “Roger Hutchison takes you on a beautiful pilgrimage through sadness, grief, joy and remembrance.”

      —SASHA MCLEAN, LMFT, LPC, Executive Director of Archway Academy, Houston, TX

      “Working in hospice and palliative care, we often discussed the lack of appropriate resources to help the children, grandchildren, and siblings of our patients process their grief. I wish I’d had a copy of My Favorite Color Is Blue. Sometimes. on my shelf.”

      —SARAH H. CROSS, LMSW, MPH

      Dedicated to those who color my world …

      God, the creator of all color.

      The children and families I serve each day.

      My family and friends.

      This book is also dedicated to those I have loved whose

      memories live on in the colors of a shooting star or

      the deep blue of a summer sky.

      Thank you for reminding me that you

      are always with me.