Hyla Molander

Widowed at 29, during her second pregnancy, Hyla Molander knew she had to make meaning out of her tragedy. She now does this through speaking engagements, writing for blogs and magazines, moderating a widowed forum on Facebook, and embracing each moment with her new husband and four young children in the San Francisco Bay Area. After receiving a B.A. in Creative Writing from FSU, Hyla started her photography business. Her combined words and images soon attained worldwide distribution in her “Wise Little Souls” line of cards and posters, sending the message that our children are both our students and our teachers. Through her most recently released photo book, Finding Light, she hopes others will be reminded to seek the light in their darkest times. You can find Hyla’s writing in The Good Men Project Magazine, Writing Mamas, Life360, Marin Magazine, and her own popular Drop Dead Life blog. She is currently working on her forthcoming memoir, Drop Dead Life: A Pregnant Widow's Heartfelt and Often Comic Journey through Death, Birth, and Rebirth. To connect with Hyla on Facebook, Twitter, or email, please visit her website: http://www.hylamolander.com