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THURSDAY APRIL 6, 2023

SOUTH BOSTON ONLINE

VOLUME XIX- ISSUE 74

‘All is Well’ Son Writes Book as Tribute to Late Father By Ginger DeShaney

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o deal with the unexpected loss of his father, Kevin P. Martin Jr. started writing down stories and life lessons he had learned from his dad. “Part of it was the grief processing … and as crazy as it sounds, I didn’t want to forget him. This was my way of keeping him in the present moment rather than the past,” Kevin Jr. said. “This was kind of my way of dealing.” Without realizing it, Kevin Jr. had penned 50,000 words. His wife of 30 years, Lisa, knew his writings were something special. She encouraged him to turn the writing into larger concepts, which turned into

chapters. “And before you knew it, unknowingly, I had a book,” said Kevin, who is a CPA by trade but is also a permanent deacon in the Archdiocese of Boston. Kevin P. Martin Sr. had a very healthy life but when he started having issues, the family chased a diagnosis for about a year. A month after being diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Kevin Sr., 78, passed away on Sept. 10, 2019. “All is Well: Life Lessons from a Preacher’s Father” will be available on June 20. Preorders are now open on Amazon at ht t ps://a .c o/d /cK P C 2vk . The book is published by Sk y hor s e Publ i sh i n g a nd distributed by Simon & Schuster. One hundred percent of the book ’s profits will go to A LS research, care charities, a nd support orga nizations. Kevin Sr.’s lessons inform his son’s life. The book features

lessons on practicality, resilience, bucket lists, savoring life, leadership, parenting, giving, forgiveness, giving your kids love, faith, and education, and how to live a life with few regrets. “My hope is that every reader, despite there being lots of lessons, can pull one or two or three things to really live their best life ever,” said Kevin Jr., who lives in Milton now but is still very involved in the South Boston ph i l a nt h r opic c om mu n it y. When Kevin Sr. was in the hospital his last five days, he was intubated and couldn’t talk, so he used a notepad to communicate. His very last words on that notepad were: “A ll is well.” “And it was comforting for me, as sad as it was, to know that his final words weren’t ‘I’m in pain’ or ‘Get the nurse,’ or something much more heavy,” said Kevin, Jr. “It was kind of

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