You Can Help a Caregiver!

I have, for the most part, been out of the blogging and social media world for so long it feels as if I fell off a cliff (my worst nightmare, by the way).

At least it felt like a long time.  It must have been months, right?

Upon further examination, it turns out it’s been less than two weeks since I spent a good amount of time on either site!  (Sheesh, how did I get so addicted to Facebook and Twitter?)    

Nothing bad happened to cause my absence, thank goodness.  In fact, it was just that I had to hunker down to finish a very special project I have been working on. 

I am thrilled to share with you the publication of a new book, CareGifters Book Series: Help, A Collection of Essays by Those Who Care.  This book is full of essays and a poem from caregivers as well as a journey of one special caregiver, Kathy, who took us through the before, during and after of her respite. 

CareGifters Book Series: Help, A Collection of Essays by Those Who Care also includes art work from the First Annual Caregiving.com Art Show.  I edited and published the book and was more than a little excited that it didn’t take me ten years to finish as it did for my own book, Forever a Caregiver. 

(That was a lot of pressure but at least my average is getting better.  .  . )

CareGifters Book Series: Help, A Collection of Essays by Those Who Care is available in PDF or hard copy and can be purchased here (the PDF is only $5!).  Aside from the excitement of finishing the project in less than ten years, I am pleased to announce the proceeds from the sale of this book will go to help a caregiver!   

Let me explain . . .

Denise M. Brown launched the Caregiving.com website in 1996 and has helped numerous caregivers since that time.  Last year, she created the CareGifters program.  As Denise says, “As often as we can, we send $500 to help a family caregiver in need.  Because, when you ask for help, we want to be there for you.”  That’s the kind of website Denise has created – supportive, helpful, informative and educational.

We plan to publish four of these books each year, touching on different themes in caregiving.  Our next theme will be “comedy” (which may not seem like an appropriate theme for the serious business of caregiving but if you are a caregiver you know that caregiving can involve some very funny situations). 

We want to make people smile so we need your stories!  Submission details for the next CareGifters book can be found here.   I would love to see your story in the next CareGifters book (and, since I know the editor, I might be able to pull some strings).
Now I have to catch up on Facebook and Twitter – the withdrawals are killing me!