My memoir will be out soon!

This memoir is a labor of love dedicated to my mom. She was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in late 2013, and I learned so much in my six years as my mom’s family caregiver. Even in the end, when I was just a nice lady who came to visit her, I was ready to be there for her, no matter how many years she had left. But all my best-laid plans crumbled around me, and I had to use everything I’d learned to get through the worst thing I could never have imagined.
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Interactive Trader Posts

I wrote a blog post about Interactive Trader. It is the single biggest reason people visit my site and I get so many emails from readers. If that's what brought you here, welcome.
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Writing about Alzheimer's

My mom had Alzheimer's disease. Being a caretaker to her was the most challenging and emotional rollercoaster of my life. I write about my journey and what I'm learning. My book will be published soon.
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"At times I almost dream...

I too have spent a life the sages’ way,
And tread once more familiar paths " ~Robert Browning
I do a lot of writing lately, as a way to process my mom's Alzheimer's and to exercise my creativity. Some of what I write, ends up here, on my blog.
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Taking Care

In a world where we are expected to be all things to all people, we need to make room for taking care of ourselves. People might be disappointed, but if we know that going in, we can use self-care to hold the tension between what they expect and what we can do.
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This time around...

Jennifer Sullivan

I'm in my early 50s, I spent twenty years in a career that I don't like anymore and I've found out that re-inventing myself is hard work, especially when there are people closest to me in my life who don't want me to re-invent.

How do you do it? How am I doing it?

That is the purpose of this site. I have to figure this out on my own and I have to get to a place, at my age, with my foibles, where I feel like I've found my soul's calling and am living a life of passion and fulfillment.

I am learning to take good care of myself. I need to eat, exercise, sleep, read and hold my own balance in life. I am also realizing I need to be gentle with myself and be completely accepting of me.

I have no kids at home to care for anymore. My husband is a grown man. It's time to take care of me. So here I go...

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The Signs
 
The Signs
There are a lot of events in our life that serve as a sign post, that moment when you stopped in your tracks and thought “Oh my!  Everything is about to change.”  These are the signs.  When I was a young girl my parents got divorced.  All of a sudden, I didn’t see my dad…
Crossroads
 
Crossroads
This page is different because there are signs and events that lead us to the crossroads.  Whether forced to the crossroads by an event we did not see coming or whether we are standing at the junction because we made choices that led us here….the crossroads are universal.  We all get here, maybe kicking and…
The Journey
 
The Journey
I grew up thinking my life was all about the destination.  I had to do everything in my power, and then some, to get to heaven.  I spent so much time focused on making it to heaven that I didn’t pay any attention to my daily life.  I didn’t take care of myself (that didn’t…

The Journey

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