“Tyrone was a people person, and everybody that came in contact with him was attached to him like a magnet,” Chandler recalled. “He was very spiritual and upbeat, even with all the problems that he had, you would have never known.”
Chandler has one daughter, Sonja, who is now 51. She said with the situations occurring with her sons, she didn’t focus too much on Sonja—which later became a problem. “When something like a crisis occurs in a family, sometimes we spend all of our time focusing on the crisis and not on the people it impacts. I spent a lot of time with my sons but I pushed away my daughter. As a result, she was suffering herself.”
“Grain of Hope” helps people overcome serious problems one may encounter in life—divorce, betrayal of a loved one, and the death of a child. “It’s a book that helps people to understand the dying process and all the emotional ups and downs you go through,” Chandler said.
“Dolores has been a complete joy to work with over the past few years,” said the book’s publisher The Church Online in a statement. “Her presence brings with it a hopeful sense of serenity. She speaks wisdom with every comment, and one can’t help but hang on to every word she speaks. ‘Grain of Hope’ is the perfect book to pick up if you’re struggling and in need of a little hope and inspiration to continue moving forward. All at once tragic and uplifting, ‘Grain of Hope’ is a memoir that will stick with you long after its final pages have been turned.”
Chandler told the New Pittsburgh Courier the only way she was able to get through the tough times was with hope. It’s the best way for anyone else to get through the bad times as well.
“I want (the reader) to know that even though you have come to the lowest part of your life, hope can elevate you to the point of acceptable peace,” Chandler said. “The most special thing is to activate the spirit of hope that’s in them. We all get it. You don’t have to be a Christian, all you have to do is be a person. We’re all born with the ability to have hope.”
The nearly 200-page book is available on Amazon, ITunes and Nook. More information, including contact details for Chandler can be found at www.doloresprattchandler.com.
“I kept believing and hoping that each day would get better,” Chandler said. “You never give up holding on for a better day. Hope says you can make it and things are going to get better.”
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