Denise and Jackson was high school sweetheart, and the couple tied the knot on December 15, 1979.
Through their marriage, they have three daughters: Mattie Denise Selecman (born June 19, 1990), Alexandra Jane “Ali” (born August 23, 1993), and Dani Grace (born August 28, 1997).
Denise Jackson is an author with great insight into the hearts and minds of children and their grief experiences.
She lost two fathers by the time she was nineteen. As the older sibling of four children, she observed the long-term struggles of dealing with grief with an undeveloped set of coping skills.
As a professional youth minister, trained in pastoral response to children in crises, she learned how to provide care and validation for children in grief.
Personal experience and work as a hospice volunteer have given her all the tools she needed in her writing toolbox, for the creation of this workbook for children.