Rev. Gary Roe

How to love life again, make a difference and create a meaningful legacy after the death of a child

Gary writes and speaks from three decades of helping hurting people heal and grow. He has served as a campus minister, a missionary in Japan, and a pastor in Texas and Washington. He now serves as a chaplain and grief counselor with Hospice Brazos Valley in central Texas.

He is the author of seven books, including the newly released Teen Grief: Caring for the Grieving Teenage Heart, and the award-winning bestsellers Shattered: Surviving the Loss of a Child, Please Be Patient, I’m Grieving, Heartbroken: Healing from the Loss of a Spouse, and Surviving the Holidays Without You.

Gary has more than 500 grief-related articles in print and is a popular speaker in a variety of venues. He loves being a husband and father, and enjoys corny jokes and cool Hawaiian shirts. Gary and his wife Jen and family live in Texas. He has seven children, all adopted, including three daughters from Colombia. www.garyroe.com