Laura ColeLaura is a native New Yorker raised in the Bronx. Her family moved to NJ in the '70s, where she has remained most of her life. Her only child, Dylan, co-author, battled drug addiction for a decade. In 2020, he lost the battle and died from a Fentanyloverdose four days after returning from rehab. Laura now dedicates her life to grief education and advocates against stigmas toward substance abusers and their families. She earned a Grief Educator Certificate from renowned grief specialist and author David Kessler, and she continues to study addiction, trauma, and grief. Laura cultivates an Instagram and Facebook page, hearts_loss_and_grief, to support the bereaved, share appropriate grief language, and shed substance abuser stigmas. When Laura isn't rescuing injured wildlife, gardening, or raising Monarch butterflies, she enjoys her love of Manhattan. Read More Read Less