What does one do when someone they've admired from a distance dies? Sometimes one doesn't realize their admiration until that person dies. Such is the case of the birth of From Grief to Action; "Caring" On the Spirits of Princess Diana and Mother Teresa.
     Editor Anita Pace, not unlike perhaps two billion other people around the globe, was shaken by the untimely and violent death of Princess Diana. First envied while admired for being chosen as Prince Charles' bride, people came to feel for the anguish she encountered in her marriage and pain from eating disorders.
     The tabloids wrote much of her problems and little of her generosity. Eventually, some coverage of her reaching out to AIDS patients and victims of land minds was included in the news as the Princess realized she could utilize her fame to help others.
     Only six days later, the beloved, saintly Mother Teresa also passed away. Two extraordinary women gone from this Earth within a week. One, young and glamorous, the other sacrificing daily for some 60 years to serve the poor and ill of Calcutta. The routes and voyages of these women were different, yet their destinations had much in common, taking them to the same suffering. Ironically, Diana's own suffering was much of the kind that Mother Teresa sought to console and help heal.
     As Pace grieved for the loss of Princess Diana, the idea of giving to others as a result of Diana's death began growing. A small publisher (Baby Steps Press), Pace decided to publish a book that would be filled with ways of showing care to others. In most cases, these ways would be little ways that most everyone could do.... little acts that can change the day or perhaps the life of the recipients of such acts. Many of the ideas were contributed by children.
     Pace is contributing all (100%) of the profits from the sales of From Grief to Action to 12 various respected charitable organizations that aid children, victims of domestic violence, breast cancer and AIDS, the disabled, those with Alzheimer's Disease, the homeless, and our beloved animals.