Grieving for your child is an appalling prospect, truly a parent's worst nightmare.

Through a mist of pain and sorrow, Alison Montgomery struggled to find some measure of peace and, in doing so, rediscover herself after the accidental death of her 24-year-old son, Chris. Shattered by the loss, she is not the person she was--her life forever divided into "before" and "after," defined by membership in a fraternity of grieving parents who function every day in a disbelieving fog.

You never get over it; you just get through it ... one day at a time.

Alison Montgomery is a Saskatoon high school visual arts teacher, a landscape artist and a musician. But first and always most importantly, she is a devoted mom to her two sons, Chris and Jesse. With her youngest son Jesse, Alison found herself in a unique and challenging role as the parent of a child with an exceptional interest and a passion to succeed. Confessions of a Dance Mom, Alison's second non-fiction book, is her account of what she and her husband experienced as parents while their son Jesse worked towards becoming a professional ballet dancer. Alison's first book, Finding Christopher: A Journal of Grief, Love & Faith, was published in 2010 and is a personal reflection on surviving the sudden and tragic loss of her 24-year-old son in September 2001. Alison and her husband Tom live in Saskatoon.

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