On the Nightstand: “Living Memento Mori”

Emily DeArdo is tough. She was diagnosed with end-stage cystic fibrosis when she was just eleven, and fifteen years ago had a double lung transplant. In her first book, she uses the Stations of the Cross as a framework to share her story of living life in true awareness that it will end.
I like the concept of momento mori; for Emily, it’s far more than a concept.
What’s on your nightstand?

By Melanie

Melanie Rigney is the author of Radical Saints: 21 Women for the 21st Century and other Catholic books. She is a contributor to Living Faith and other Catholic blogs. She lives in Arlington, Virginia. Melanie also owns Editor for You, a publishing consultancy that since 2003 has helped hundreds of writers, publishers, and agents.

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