Last year’s adventure helping my mother die was an extraordinary life experience. From it I learned that helping someone during their final months can be inspiring and rewarding in ways that you never thought possible. You can find superpowers that you never knew you had.
To help caregivers find their superpowers (and stay sane, find courage, and deal with the everyday stuff that is heaped on you) I’ve just finished a soon-to-be-published book: “Be The Noodle: 50 Ways to Be a Courageous, Compassionate, Crazy-Good Caregiver.” Here’s the new web site.
This care giving adventure has no travel guide. No instructions to help us deal with the crazy things that happen — things that no medical, hospice, or traditional how-to-deal-with-impending death books explain.
From the mundane, like dealing with too many banana breads from well wishers and advocating for patient martinis with the oncologist — to the gut wrenching, like not being able to call 911 during a crisis once you sign up with hospice or struggling to be kind and helpful when you feel like a sleepless shrew.
The book should be published in a month. If you’d be willing to read it and post a review on Amazon, I’d be happy to send you a copy for free. I’d also like to give away books to hospice organizations and priests, rabbis, ministers and other generous spiritual counselors in memory of my mother. If you’d like me to send one of these folks a book , please email me their information at lkelly@beelinelabs.com.
As the publication date nears, I will be changing this site to share information from the book and create a space where caregivers can share their own wild and wondrous caregiver lessons and advice.
Warmest regards,
Lois
