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That's a terrific name (: Okay Joe, here is your folder to introduce yourself, advertise your book, or say whatever it is you feel led to :D

Hi everybody, my name is Joe Bagnato and I am 44 years old, married for nearly 21 years and a father of 2 girls one of which is now an angel in heaven. I am also a first time author, a memoir that takes us through the cancer journey that ultimately took my oldest daughters life at 15 years of age. You can see how beautiful she was just by gazing at the cover of my book that was published through Electio publishing on the 3rd of November 2015. I am currently working on my second book under the same title that will cover how we cope with the loss of a child as a family. For right now though I am concentrating on promoting my first book F.I.G.H.T. - Family Inspires Great Hope Together: How We Fight

Throughout my life I've had to constantly overcome adversity. This includes physically as well as emotionally. Overcoming adversity has become a God given ability of mine and my families. I truly believe that God gives us what we can handle in life. For whatever reason, God has chosen myself and my family for multiple challenges in life and it didn't end with the loss of my daughter Caitlyn. Throughout these challenges I've learned serenity. God has granted me the strength to change the things I can, the courage to endure the things I can't change and the wisdom to know the difference. He has opened my eyes and mind to the understanding that miracles happen everyday of our lives.

I'd love to take some questions and share from my experiences so ask away. Here is one I would like to ask you though, so let me ask you, the readers, a question. How do you define Great Hope?