Robert Beaty:  

Life A Personal Introduction I am Robert R. Beaty of Cleburne, Texas. I am a retired life insurance agent, married, with five of seven children surviving, twelve of thirteen grandchildren surviving, and one great grandchild. My wife, Angi, and I love and respect one another very much. I am 71 years old - love to write, play my hammered dulcimer and the great game of golf. I give lectures on Loss, Grief, and Recovery because I am well acquainted with all three. I feel a burning desire to share what I have learned about grief recovery. I am still learning about how hard it is to focus on that with which we have left, instead of what we have lost. I do well when I am spiritually attuned, and not so well when I am not. For me, this says that Grief recovery is a spiritual journey (as if the rest of life isn't). I write under the pen name of pbobby* a variety of notes, notions, stories, provocations and some poetry. Some of which have finally been published in E-zines - no hardback books yet, but there will be! My goal is to complete a barely started web site for grief support. I am giving myself another few months to do it well. I know it will always be under construction, but I want it to be something reasonably whole before I post it on the net. My past work experience includes 10 years as a Baptist minister, 2 years as a high school Math and Science teacher, 3 years as a technical writer, 10 years in the advertising business, 2 years as a crisis intervention counselor, and my last 25 years have been spent in the life insura...Expand for more