After the death of her husband, Jay, Nancy wrote poems as a way of expressing her pain and dealing with her overwhelming loss. She combined them with her favorite photos to share her journey through grief.

Nancy J Nelson is a poet and photographer. She combines both as a way of expressing thoughts and feeling, a form of poetry therapy. Following a successful career as a professor of Education, Psychology, Marital and Family therapy as well as a family therapist, she retired to focus on photography, poetry and spirituality. She lives in Central Florida and Northern Wisconsin.