Traveling With George

About the Book

Losing your life's partner in death is not something easy to undergo. The shock and the sorrow can be so intense that you may become numb to nearly everything else.

Betty Waldron Portenlanger and her family suffered just such acute grief when she lost her husband, George, unexpectedly-literally instantaneously-after 33 years of marriage.

But Betty did not accept George's departure as a finality and began to look around for signs that his energy and their shared love were still in evidence. What she found fills the stories in this unique volume!

This is a book for anyone who has lost a loved one through death, and who has wondered, "Is this really the end?" It is also an unforgettable portrait of George Portenlanger, the thoroughly charming husband whose 59 earthly years Betty found to be absurdly too few!

About the Author

Betty Waldron Portenlanger is a life-long Chicagoan. With the exception of a very brief stint on the Chicago Police Force, her life's work has been with the Chicago Board of Education as a kindergarten teacher. Five-year-old children hold a special place in her heart. Now retired, Betty considers it a privilege to have been able to work with children. It is her hope that this account of an extremely personal and private experience will be of benefit to others. Upon completion of her writing, Betty reflected: "The loss that I and my family have felt, we would never have chosen ourselves. Yet, through this experience, we have learned and grown. I would be lightened if I knew that, by sharing these stories, I had helped another on his or her own way."