My daughter Suzanne and I were extremely close. We always had shared an interest in and an open heart to mysteries that we could not explain. With a belief in the afterlife, we made a pact to remain close to each other even after death. I thought I would make that journey first. I was wrong. Her loss at 39 was crushing.
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When Judith Jones Togher’s thirty-nine-year-old daughter, Suzanne, dies after years of illness, trauma, addiction, and bipolar disorder, grief shatters the world they shared. But long before Suzanne’s death, mother and daughter had made a pact: whoever left first would find a way to remain. In the stunned aftermath, Judith begins to notice what feel like impossible intrusions of grace—a clock crashing from a shelf, the scent of roses in an empty room, songs arriving at the exact right moment, pennies appearing in the most unlikely places. Each carries the same message: I am here.
In I Am Here, Judith tells the story of loving a brilliant, sensitive, fiercely creative daughter whose life was marked by suffering, beauty, humor, and spiritual force. As she traces Suzanne’s journey—from gifted child and artist to a woman navigating PTSD, addiction, chronic illness, and a final medical crisis—Judith also chronicles the signs, dreams, mediums, rituals, and practices that transformed devastating loss into an ongoing bond.
Tender, searching, and deeply hopeful, I Am Here is both a love letter to a daughter and a companion for anyone learning to live after loss. It is a book about mourning, meaning, and the possibility that love is not ended by death, only translated.
Category: Non-Fiction
Release date: April 27, 2021
Page size: 5″ x 8″
Word count: 34,552
Estimated page count: 166
Judith Jones Togher grew up in Los Angeles where she attended California State University at Long Beach. She is a former yoga teacher and documentation writer.
Now retired, she was the president of her New York City documentation company, Wordsmith & Jones, writing for the financial industry.
She lives in Manhattan with her husband, Michael
Judith Jones Togher shares her deep love for her daughter in I Am Here: Postcards from My Daughter in Spirit.” I Am Here is therefore a highly spiritual story. The messages received by Judith Togher from Suzanne in Spirit are deep and profound and full of love.
Through her experiences, readers receive keys on how to find, recognize, and use their own ‘postcards’ to develop a revised worldview and connections to spirit and deceased loved ones… [I Am Here] should be included on the reading lists of those recovering from grief.
In her debut memoir, Togher presents wrenching and honest meditations on how to live after the passing of someone you love…Togher writes of her experience with courage and deep emotional intelligence. Her memoir reads as a therapeutic expression of her grief, a practical guide for readers seeking comfort after loss, and a celebration of Suzanne’s life.
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