Welcome to Heart Light Studios

         The on-line home of

               Mitch Carmody

              Author of Letters To My Son,                                                          turning loss to legacy. 

I am so proud and pleased to announce the 2011 release of  the second edition of my book now entitled :

Letters to My Son,Turning  Loss to Legacy"                

This is the second printing of my beloved book  Letters  to My Son, a journey through grief. It has been updated with much more material  including  Whispers of love, Proactive grieving, turning loss to legacy and the  groundbreaking S.T.A.IR.S. modality of grief staging. 

Letters to My Son is now in a hard back gift edition  illustrated with "The 20 faces of Grief"(and instructions) and other drawings created for the book.

It has been becoming an intentional survivor  and serving the bereaved which has created this new edition of  Letters to My Son. It is truly my magnum opus and continuing legacy for my son Kelly who has now been gone from my arms 23 years.

Still partners across the veil we want to make a difference for  others who grieving the loss of  a loved one in their lives. There is life after death on BOTH sides of the equation; we can survive and even thrive after a significant loss in our lives, and we do it together. Believe.

To purchase this book and or other items, go to Purchase Items tab above.

PayPal now accepted!

and currently  available only through Heartlight Studios.

I also offer Custom Pencil Drawn Portraits from your photos. Prints of completed works also available, see other website pages.



                             ANT

   Portrait of Sean, Joy Hagens' son, Plano Texas

               - more portraits on Portrait tabs above

What is Heart Light Studios?

This site is dedicated to my only Son, Kelly James Carmody who died in 1987 of a malignant brain tumor.  Since that day I have dedicated my life to serving the bereaved. This site was  created for those whom may find comfort from my book, my writings  my portraits, drawings, and or prints.

It is also place for processing your grief, asking questions about the journey, or just writing about your loved one, sharing their life and your loss.

This is a new format from my older site and easier for me to maintain directly; please have patience with the transition.

I welcome all comments via my email address and as always I am available for questions, and sharing of your  bereavement journey. We need not walk alone.

Thank you

Mitch Carmody

  Upcoming Events 2012

 For more information contact Mitch email: heartlightstudio@aol.com

• January 26th, 2012 Owatonna MN. Presenting:  Proactive Grieving, Turning Loss to Legacy.
•  March 9,10,11 workshops withThe Afterlife Awareness Conference Virginia Beach.
• March 17th "A Day with Mitch and ALan"  TCF Chapter, Levona Illinois 

• March 23, 24, 25  Workshops with The Compassionate Friends Regional conference  Frankfurt KY
  
• April 9th workshops with the TCF  Chapter Owatonna MN
• April 20 Delaware Hospice one day conference, A Day with Mitch and Alan Willmington DE
• April 21, A Day with Mitch and Alan
• April 22, A Day with Mitch and Alan
•  Bereaved Parents USA National Gathering Workshops June29,30, July 1st. Tampa FL

• The Compassionate Friends National Conference July 20,21,22 Costa Mesa CA Workshops.

• Grief Beach 2012 Spokane WA, Keynote/Workshops 17,18th 19th.

The Miracle of the Corn stalk.

After my son had died in 1987 I wrote him a letter asking him to give me a sign, by making something grow in our yard. Corn grew up in our lawn, it bore an ear that when opened I soon discovered that mold had stained the husk with three capital letters, the word DAD. If you have had any experiences of signs from our loved ones who have died please email me your stories and photos ( orbs, etc) that could be used in a future book.

*Photo and some text excerpted from my book Letters To My Son, a journey through grief

Email:   heartlightstudio@aol.com  

This spring I was having a " Kelly Day "  and feeling sad and melancholy about his loss in my life, as I gazed out under the shade of the newly leafing tree...again I see the image of " Dad"  in the shadowy grass and oddly very similar the cornstalk image 20 years earlier. Love never dies.