Lost and Found in Mexico, A Widow’s Road to Recovery, by Candy Wolff is a memoir that details the heartbreaking loss lived by Candy Wolff herself. This retelling will detail for readers the struggles that author Wolff experienced after the sudden loss of her beloved husband while they were on vacation in Cabo, Mexico. While this story is heartbreaking, to say the least, it is also a telling of author Wolff’s endurance and unwavering faith and trust in God.
Lost and Found in Mexico, A Widow’s Road to Recovery
draws the reader’s eye with a beautiful cover photo of the sun beginning its descent “into” the ocean. The waters appear peaceful, and the overall appearance is that of taking a stroll along the beach as the sun disappears to bring light to the other side of the world. It’s truly beautiful and gives a sense of peace and calm with clouds dotting the sky to create a picturesque view.
This cover is rather poignant as it will accurately depict how this story will close, but not necessarily how Lost and Found in Mexico, A Widow’s Road to Recovery, will begin. Lost and Found in Mexico, A Widow’s Road to Recovery, begins with her church pastor’s foreword. Pastor Melton begins author Wolff’s story by talking to readers about faith.
The way that Pastor Melton writes it is simple and engaging. He touches on the subject by giving readers some familiar to reflect on. How faith can be life-changing, and how it tends to come in unexpected ways. We’ve all had one of those moments of where we have questioned “Why” in a time when things just didn’t make sense and we find ourselves struggling.
Pastor Melton reflects on how he came to meet Candy and her husband Ross before tragedy struck. How changes in Ross’s and Candy’s life set them on the tragic path that they would later find themselves on. The pastor points out that despite everything that Candy ends up going through, she never lost her faith during the hard times and persevered.
As Lost and Found in Mexico, A Widow’s Road to Recovery, unfolds readers get thrown into the proverbial deep end. Author Wolff reveals from the beginning, the death of her beloved husband. This beginning with its shock value depicts exactly how it was for her to wake up that morning. When she went to bed, her husband was alive, but when she woke the next morning…he was gone.
We can only imagine the trauma she must have experienced facing this unexpected twist in what should have been a happy time for the two of them. They were on vacation, and times were tough, but they were able to do this. So, it begs the question – what happened? What went wrong? How will she handle this, especially in a foreign country?
As Lost and Found in Mexico, A Widow’s Road to Recovery, progresses author Wolff reveals that she had help all along the way. For her, God had placed people all along her path to help be her guiding light and to help her through the hard times ahead of her. Some even helped keep her from losing even more than she does in the aftermath of her loss.
One would think that simply going through what she has already gone through would be bad enough, but, unfortunately, some choose to take advantage, and author Wolff was no exception. Yes, there were some “bad apples” that made author Wolff’s situation a little more unbearable, but there were many who helped bless her through their actions and deeds.
Throughout author Wolff’s story she reflects on how she and her husband Ross met. Author Wolff reflects on the good times that they had together, and how they came to be a family. When things were good, they were great. But then there came a shift in their life, and it changed everything. That shift? It was called “corporate reshuffling.” The “it’s time to trim the fat so that the big-wigs can keep lining their pockets.”
From there in Lost and Found in Mexico, A Widow’s Road to Recovery, author Wolff details the struggles that the family faces. Ross losing a parent to death, the job situation, a major surgery, and all of this snowballs into creating a monster of financial issues for the family.
Throughout it all though, author Wolff maintains her faith. Even after her husband’s tragic and sudden death, she never lashes out at God. She hangs in there. Author Wolff shares her struggles with readers unabashedly and without over-dramatization. She keeps this story very precise and to the point.
In this book, author Wolff shares how she dealt with the “firsts” after Ross’s passing. How her family came together, and various people helped her through. Author Wolff also shares the pitfalls that she allowed herself to fall into. With death coming so unexpectedly she was caught unprepared. There were a lot of things that she didn’t know, and unfortunately, some information she was never able to acquire.
Lost and Found in Mexico, A Widow’s Road to Recovery, is more than just a story to remember her beloved husband, it’s also a gentle push to readers to be prepared. Have talks with your loved ones/spouses so that neither of you is caught flat-footed in the event of an unexpected passing. Lost and Found in Mexico, A Widow’s Road to Recovery, can be viewed as a broad-stroke blueprint (especially at the end) of what steps to begin taking so that you can try to be in the right place should the unexpected happen.
Lost and Found in Mexico, A Widow’s Road to Recovery, has heartbreaking moments – one such being that to the day that this book is published author Wolff still has not received a toxicology report. It’s been over a year, but still nothing. This is mind-blowing in and of itself. But despite it all, author Wolff has learned so much in all that time, and to this day stands resilient and strong in her faith and love.
Lost and Found in Mexico, A Widow’s Road to Recovery, is a poignant memoir of what she has been through, but it is also a shining light of how her faith brought her through one of the toughest times of her life. Lost and Found in Mexico, A Widow’s Road to Recovery, is an inspirational story that those who are going through their own tough times should take the time to read, and take hope. Because all is not lost – you are simply being told to be still and have faith in God that all will be well.
Pros:
- Informative
- Inspirational
- Engaging
- Emotionally touching
- Honest
Cons:
- Lacking of details in some areas
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