Broadcast Journalist and Author, Tanya MacIntyre

My book is a tribute to my father’s memory & philosophy, and I intend to make this 1st book the beginning of a series of “Philosopher Dad” self-help books. One of the most challenging things in my life was losing my father – a man who was my mentor, my hero, my best friend — a man who stepped up to the plate back in the 60s to become a single parent to me and my baby sister, and showed us by example what it meant to be an extraordinary human being. I wrote a book dedicated to his memory because I wanted to pay tribute to the wonderful person he was. It was also my way of processing my grief, and it was instrumental in helping me to finally forgive my mother and myself. “Pain is inevitable because it touches all of us eventually. Suffering, however, is optional.” This was a quote from the mother of Sean Stephenson who imparted that wisdom to me during my interview with him several years ago.