Reflections of a Daughter of the Silent Generation and Mother of Generation Y
It was time to be brave, to speak up, and to share publicly, trusting it’d be okay. So I launched this blog, practicing my motto when the kids were young: “Keep It Simple, Keep It Positive, Keep It Fun.”
—excerpt from Living Is for Living: A Caregiver’s Story
As we cared for 84-year-old Mom, diagnosed a year earlier with Alzheimer’s disease, I realized what a gift to her and to us were the scrapbooks she’d kept and the memoirs she’d penned. I wanted to create my own version of this for us and our kids. I hoped to turn all the writing I’d done into something that could help others, too. In a world where others weren’t afraid to speak up, I hoped to add a voice of hope.
—excerpt from Living Is for Living: A Caregiver’s Story
