Preventing Her Shutdown is an inside look of what an ongoing caregiver spouse goes through in my desperate effort to keep my wife with Alzheimer's "connected". In Real Time there are very personal unloaded feelings, emotions expressed and actions taken, never confided to anyone while slowly losing my wife. This book started out as a daily diary of how my wife´s behavior was dramatically changing and how I was affected and began to relate to her differently. Writing helped me ventilate my … [Read more...] about Preventing Her Shutdown by Sammie Marsalli
Interview with Author – Sammie Marsalli
About Sammie Marsalli: As an author I am certainly not an expert or an authority on Alzheimer's. I am definitely not a professional author and didn´t pretend to write an authoritative masterpiece. I never pretended to be either one of those things. I am simply an ordinary “John Doe” caregiver, husband sharing my experiences living and caring for my wife with Alzheimer's. We have been married 43 years, 3 kids now grown up, a great dog most of those years, a typical family on our own … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Sammie Marsalli
Interview with Author – Christine M Grote
About Christine M Grote: In 1979 Christine earned a college degree in Chemical Engineering. Following a brief career in product development, and a longer career as a homemaker and the mother of four, Christine returned to college, and earned an English degree. She is bereaved of a severely disabled sister, Annie, who is the subject of Dancing in Heaven; a mother who died in January of 2013; and a father who followed her mother in death two weeks later and who is the subject of Where Memories … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Christine M Grote
Interview with Author – Pat Clark
About Pat Clark: Pat Clark is a teacher who lives in Wisconsin with her husband, three children, small dog, and large cat. She began teaching in the '80s, which is evident if you read DEATH STALKS THE PRINCIPAL. Pat used to have horses, and she misses having them around every single day. Nobody loves you like your horse, and nobody can put you in your place like a horse can. What inspires you to write? I've always liked reading mysteries, and one day a story just popped into my head. What … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Pat Clark
Blue Hydrangeas by Marianne Sciucco @MarianneSciucco
What if the person who knew you best and loved you most forgot your face, and couldn’t remember your name? A nursing facility is everyone's solution for what to do about Sara, but her husband Jack can't bear to live without her. He is committed to saving his marriage, his wife, and their life together from the devastation of Alzheimer’s disease. He and Sara retired years ago to the house of their dreams, and operated it as a Cape Cod bed and breakfast named Blue Hydrangeas. Jack has made an … [Read more...] about Blue Hydrangeas by Marianne Sciucco @MarianneSciucco
