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SO BRAVE is how people described her when she wrote a book about grief and coping with loss. She was just 33 when her 39-year-old husband died, leaving her with three kids aged between six and 10. Kouri Richins was praised for Are You with Me?, the book she dedicated to her “amazing husband” Eric. The cover shows a little boy chasing a football, as an angel resembling Eric smiles at the boy from behind a cloud.

“My kids and I kind of wrote this book on the different emotions and grieving processes that we’ve experienced in the last year, hoping that it can help other kids with this and, you know, find happiness some way or another,” Kouri said

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