THE LEGACY PROJECT: How Faith, Loss, and Love Built a Life that Still Stands

After more than fifteen years working in hospice and funeral service, Velanie M. Turner thought she understood grief. Then she lost her own parents — the two people she calls BB and Darling — and found that nothing she'd learned professionally could carry her through it personally.

The Legacy Project walks readers through that season using an unforgettable picture: a house being rebuilt, room by room. Each chapter takes on a different part of the home — the foundation, the framework, the roof, the windows — as a way of naming what grief actually does to a life, and what it takes to rebuild one. Grounded in Scripture and anchored by the promise of Isaiah 61:3 — beauty for ashes — this is a vulnerable, hope-filled companion for anyone walking through loss, and a resource pastors and grief ministries can hand to the people they serve with confidence.