What if the connection you lost was never gone?
Between music and memory, the story continues
A memoir by Wendy Goldberg
Releases August 25, 2026
Available on Amazon and Barnes and Nobles
Mom’s Book is a memoir-in-essays born from a mother’s attempt to stay close to her son, and her discovery that love does not disappear but continues to speak.
Wendy Goldberg is a writer whose work explores how we live and love in the presence of loss. Her writing emerges from lived experience—most profoundly as mother to her late son, Ben—who's short, tender, and musically enriched life continues to guide her purpose.
Through the Benjamin Goldberg Foundation, Wendy advocates for mainstream access to the healing arts, bridging clinical care with human connection. As host of The BGF Podcast, she engages guests in conversations about grief, meaning, and what endures through story and art.
An entrepreneur by instinct, Wendy developed a “numbers-as-narrative” sensibility that informs both her business leadership and her writing. She serves as president of W.C. Goldberg & Co., a CPA and consulting firm based in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Across her work—on the page, in conversation, and in the community—Wendy is devoted to translating loss into connection and love into movement.
The Story Behind the Story
This memoir is inseparable from the work of the Benjamin Goldberg Foundation, founded to honor Ben’s legacy. Through education, integrative programming, and advocacy for the healing arts, the foundation supports children, caregivers, and communities navigating illness and loss.
That mission lives in every page.
When Wendy Goldberg’s son, Benjamin “Ben,” was diagnosed with neuroblastoma, everything changed. What emerged was not only a deeply personal story but a reimagining of how love, presence, and connection endure beyond traditional narratives of illness and closure.
Mom’s Book unfolds as a mosaic rather than a straight line—interweaving personal story with reflection on grief, intuition, and meaning. It moves through hospital rooms and what goes unsaid, tracing the presence of a child whose life continues to shape a broader movement of healing and care.
Engagement
The release of Mom’s Book will extend the foundation’s mission by bringing this story into broader conversation. Through curated community events, institutional partnerships, and public dialogue, the work explores the intersection of healing arts, medicine, and lived experience.
It invites both individuals and healthcare leaders to reconsider how compassion, creativity, and presence can be meaningfully integrated into care.
Contact & Appearences
For speaking engagements, podcast interviews, media inquiries, book events, and community conversations:
Topics include:
Grief and meaning-making
Healing arts and integrative care
Caregiver experience
Storytelling and resilience
Music, memory, and connection
Wendy Goldberg
wendycolemangoldberg@gmail.com