Canney, Cathleen

Shelly Flammia Greer lives in Raleigh, North Carolina, and is the mother of two daughters and the grandmother of eight. She earned a BS in health education from the University of North Carolina and worked in a variety of health-related positions for many years. In 2010, she accepted an early retirement package from her employer of nineteen years, GlaxoSmithKline, just months before her husband, Phil, was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor.

"Crossing the Caring Bridge: A Journey of Hope and Despair" is Greer's first book, a memoir she wrote as a means of catharsis after her husband lost