Healing by Becky A. Benson

Becky A. Benson is the author of Three Short Years: Life Lessons in the Death of My Child, find her at beckyabenson.com. Her work has appeared on Salon, Modern Loss, Modern Mom, The Manifest Station, Brain, Child, Scary Mommy, Grief Narratives, and Months to Years Lit Mag. She has written and spoken for the Center for Jewish Genetics in Chicago, and Soulumination in Seattle.

In addition to her writing, Becky has recently hosted a webinar based on resiliency interviewing Sheryl Sandberg and been the guest on Once Upon A Gene Television. She holds a degree in psychology and works for the National Tay-Sachs and Allied Diseases Association serving families of terminally ill children as the organization’s Conference and Family Services Coordinator. She lives in the Pacific Northwest with her family and beloved dachshund.

Her passion is for helping families endure the loss of a child, spreading awareness for genetic conditions, advocating for adoption, and providing a voice to the marginalized in society. These things, above all else, continue to intimately shape her writing.