The Diary of An Alzheimer's Caregiver
Appreciate the good, laugh at the crazy, and deal with the rest!
As most of you know I LOVE to read and when I come across a really good book I just have to share it. I am a psychological thriller kind of girl and boy do I have a good one for you this week! This is the second book for talented author Kathleen O’Donnell. This…
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I am way behind in my writing lately and the first thing I want to talk about is a book I read several months ago that I wanted to tell you all about. The family dynamic can be a strange thing. Different people tied together by family bonds can be both loving and explosive. I’m…
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You may remember last month’s post-Preserving Memories With a Loved One—Questions to Ask Before it’s Too Late a guest post written by Stacy Monson. Well, this month I’m back with a review of her latest book Open Circle. Open Circle is a lovely story. Here is the Amazon description here: Determined not to lose the only…
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The worst part about caregiving is the “fly by the seat of your pants” way that most of us start. Usually after some emergency, when our subconsciousness and our conscious finally collide and we realize that we are caregivers and that entails so much more than we ever knew, expected, or wanted. What if we…
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I love to read and it’s the one hobby that I make sure that I make time for. I used to work late into the night, but I realized that this was not sustainable so I cut my hours back to daytime only. I feel like I am doing much better work with a lot…
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A Family Memoir of Dementia Those words hit a chord in me that I couldn’t quite shake for a day or two. It made me think that about how dementia is the sibling that we never wanted. The Uncle who drinks to much wine and then argues with everyone at the Thanksgiving table. Or the…
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