My One Word
Giveaway
Happy New Year!
I don’t know about you, but I’m ready to put 2024 in my rearview mirror!
Never in my life have I been more excited for a new year and a fresh start.
Last weekend, we had our first snow of the season.
Well, that’s what was predicted.
The video above is the extent of the storm.
That’s life in the South!
But it’s okay by me. I’m a spring and summer girl.
The botched forecast served as a reminder to me that none of us can predict the future.
We must live each day as it comes, as tomorrow is never promised.
Recently, my sweet friend and author, Irene Olson, emailed to share her One Word for 2025. She asked what word I’d chosen.
Like Irene, my word was chosen for me.
Every day in 2024 this word was whispered in my ear.
It was a no-brainer to choose TRUST as my One Word for 2025.
I’d love to hear your word for the new year.
FRIENDS WHO WRITE:
I hope you’ll check out Irene’s book. It’s a beautiful read for anyone touched by Alzheimer’s.
Family caregivers are oftentimes ruthlessly challenged by uninvolved family members who are quick to condemn, but reticent to offer assistance. Such is the case for Colleen Strand, a widow who recently found her own footing who takes on the task of caring for her father, Patrick Quinn, recently diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.
Her older brother, Jonathan, criticizes Colleen at every turn and verbally abuses the father when he has the gall to exhibit symptoms of his disease. In short, Jonathan travels down the popular road of denial, leaving Colleen to deal with all matters regarding their father's care.
Connected tenuously to a father who barely remembers her and a brother who has become an enigma, Colleen faces the moving target that is Alzheimer's disease, determined to clothe her father with the dignity he deserves, while capturing the far too fleeting moments of remaining time with him.
This novel reflects the personal experiences faced by the author who lovingly took care of her father who was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. Although she exercised literary license in writing about her multi-year journey, the author's heart went into each episode she chose to offer her readers. Those readers will meet a variety of caregivers and their loved ones who face the challenges of the disease, sometimes with success, other times failing miserably. To be sure, Alzheimer's disease is one of the least humorous diseases known to man, nevertheless readers will find humor amongst the sorrow, along with elements of victory, that will carry the reader through to the very last chapter, far wiser and better-informed than when she or he first started this extraordinarily worthwhile read.
GIVEAWAY ALERT!
If you’re interested in reading book one in the Beckett Brother’s series, I have two e-books up for grabs.
Email me to put your name into the drawing.
Contest closes January 31, 2025.
The winner will be announced in my February newsletter.
Thanks for reading!
Jill
