-
Psychotherapist
and
Counsellor
at
Christian
Counselling
Services
and
Toronto
Counselling
Centre
for Teens.
-
Member
of
the
Educational
Resource
Team
at
Toronto
Centre
for
Pastoral
Counselling Education
-
Author
and
Experiential
Grief student.
About Vince Leitao
Death
and
grief
are
always
difficult
to
think
and
talk
about,
more
so
when
the
death
is
that
of
one’s
own
child.
However,
in
“Jonathan,
do
you
know
me?”
Vince
Leitao
the
author
takes
an
alternative
approach
to
death
in
dealing
with
the
loss
of
his
beloved
son.
He
looks
at
death
not
as
the
end
of
life,
but
rather
as
passing
through
another
milestone
of
our
soul’s
eternal
journey.
The
author
makes
a
synthesis
of
the
teachings
on
death
from
religious,
spiritual
and
cultural
perspectives
through
his
personal
reflections
and
study.
The
fruit
of
his
personal
growth
is
this
book,
which
speaks
about
death
in
terms
of
eternal
life,
transcendence,
mortality,
relationships,
awareness,
and
consciousness.
In
writing
about
his
experience
and
his
deeper
insight
into
death,
pain,
suffering,
and
the
loss
of
his
beloved
son,
the
author
offers
hope
and inspiration to those who are grieving.
Vince
Leitao,
father
of
Jonathan,
was
born
in
Goa,
India,
and
now
lives
in
Richmond
Hill,
Canada.
After
a
successful
career
in
the
pharmaceutical
industry,
Vince
has
transformed
himself
into
an
experiential
student
of
grief.
He
explores
and
writes
about
death
and
its
inevitability
while
at
the
same
time
living
life
as
fully
as
possible.
He
volunteers
at
the
Hospital
for
Sick
Children
in
Toronto,
and
reaches
out
to
parents
who
are
experiencing
loss,
grief
and
pain,
by
witnessing
through
his
own
experience
that
life
does
not
end
in
death.
Rather,
life
transcends
the
boundaries
of
time,
space
and
death
itself.
He
has
led
an
effort
to
amend
the
Employment
Standards
Act
in
Ontario
with
Jonathan’s
Law
–
a
bill
dedicated
to
the
memory
of
his
son
that
requests
a
provision
of
a
52-week
bereavement
leave
for
parents
whose
child
dies
of
any
cause other than crime.
- Raymond Antao
We
are
all
affected
by
death,
either
of
a
loved
one
or
our
own.
How
can
we
deal
courageously,
authentically
and
spiritually
with
death?
What
can
we
do
when
the
thought
of
death
frightens
us
or
is
breaking our heart?
If you are walking this difficult path, I hope that my experience will comfort, inspire and enlighten you.
When
my
sixteen-year-old
son,
Jonathan,
was
diagnosed
with
liver
cancer,
my
family,
I
and
countless
others
were
praying
for
him
to
be
healed,
sincerely
believing
in
“
Ask,
and
you
will
receive.
”
But
as
Jonathan
continued
to
deteriorate
physically,
I
experienced
extreme
grief
and
pain
which
was
transcended
by a spiritual awakening: a new realization of God, self, life, death, prayer and immortality.
My
first
book
“
Jonathan,
do
you
know
me?
”
Is
a
recount
of
my
experience
with
my
son
and
the
realization of eternal life he helped me attain.
Proceeds
from
this
book
go
to
support
SickKids
Foundation
Toronto
and
it
can
be
purchased
on
amazon.com ,
amazon.ca
, amazon sites in europe as well as here on my website.
The book will make you think and bring you to a realization that death is not what it is made out to be.
May you experience peace, strength and the love of those you love as you walk your path.
Thank you for visiting my website, I hope you find it helpful.
-
Vince Leitao.
Introduction
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