Early Onset Blog: The Friendship Connection and Other Essays
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Early Onset Blog: The Friendship Connection and Other Essays is a collection of essays written by L. S. Fisher, author and editor of Alzheimer’s Anthology of Unconditional Love. Fisher began her online journal to share her experiences with families affected by early onset dementia. Her essays provide insight into family life often from a humorous viewpoint. She writes from her experiences as a longtime Alzheimer’s Association volunteer and advocate and ten years as… More >>
Early Onset Blog: The Friendship Connection and Other Essays
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The inspirational essays in this book are helpful to caregivers. The book can be read from cover to cover or savored one essay at a time.
An excerpt from “Autumn: Trick or Treat”: “The autumn of life can be the perfect season to feel young again, a time to taste sweet wine and enjoy heady smells of spice, the scents of fall. Autumn is the time to join in fall festivities and rejoice at the end of a harvest–years of hard work and sacrifice. Chronic diseases like Alzheimer’s or cancer have an autumn in their duration. During the autumn of the disease, it is time to decide whether to spend your days dreading the cold winter ahead, or savor the kaleidoscope of burnt orange, warm golden hues, and cheerful yellows. Do you want to taste the crisp juicy apples of fresh harvest, or put them aside and rue the day they became bruised and shriven?”
Rating: 5 / 5