I received this lovely email yesterday from Celia Pomerantz, author of Alzheimer’s: A Mother Daughter Journey:
After reading a couple of your tweets, I was inspired to introduce myself to you and share how I put a positive spin on being my mother’s primary caregiver to Alzheimer’s disease.
My story is unique to my circumstances, and you undoubtedly have met many children or spouses who are taking care of someone with this disease and their story is unique. But there is a common thread that binds all caregivers – an overwhelming yearning to find the secret formula or silver lining that will help them manage their rollercoaster emotions. With my positive approach I knew that my experience would help other caregivers, so I wrote the book that I wished I could have read while I was a caregiver.
Alzheimer’s: A Mother Daughter Journey emphasizes the importance of designing a set of compassionate mission statements to cope with the logistics and emotional tsunami of being a caregiver at all the stages of this disease. As a final tribute, I chronicled the experience by silencing the shutter sound on my iphone camera to photograph her, often holding it with one hand so that I could keep physically connected with the other. The result is a series of high quality sepia-toned images that pull readers into the story.
I am sharing my story with you so you might ‘pay it forward’ to others who are going through a similar experience.
Thank you for your time and thank you for what you do.
Celia Pomerantz
Alzheimer’s: A Mother Daughter Journey
You can purchase the book through Amazon.com here.
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