title: Where Did My Sweet Grandpa Go?: A Preschooler's Guide to Losing a Loved One
author:  Lauren Flake 
description: "I use Lauren Flake's beautifully illustrated books in my psychotherapy practice when I help my youngest clients search for peace and understanding after a loved one's death. Grandparents often are a child's first experience in losing someone they used to hug, but now they're gone. While death is hard enough for adults to come to grips with, children have said they instinctively find comfort in lines such as, 'Is he on the open range, running free, a wild mustang? Is he in the songs we sing, the sound of love and joy we bring?' Lauren's books are filled with a compassionate wisdom." - Leslie Tourish, L.P.C. at LeslieTourish.com<br /><br />
zlib_text: **KAREN ROSE SMITH**
  
   _ **The Dad Who Saved Christmas**_
  
  In loving memory of my father, Angelo Jacob Cacciola,  
  1916-1989.
  
  I love you and miss you, Daddy.
  
  Author’s note: Adoption procedures may vary according to individual
  circumstances and agencies.
  
   **Contents**
  
   **Chapter One**
  
   **Chapter Two**
  
   **Chapter Three**
  
   **Chapter Four**
  
   **Chapter Five**
  
   **Chapter Six**
  
   **Chapter Seven**
  
   **Chapter Eight**
  
   **Chapter Nine**
  
   **Chapter Ten**
  
   **Epilogue**
  
   _ **Chapter One**_
  
   **S** now blindness.
  
  The flakes hit Nicholas Clark’s windshield with a ferocity he didn’t expect.
  Living in Vermont, he was used to snow. And on his way to a ski resort three
  hours from Rutland, he even looked forward to it. But for the past hour he’d
  driven in near blizzard conditions. As his sedan swerved in the six inches of
  white powder, he knew he’d have to stop soon if he didn’t want to get stranded
  by the side of the road.
  
  The only problem was he’d passed the sign telling him he was enter