Writing Samples
Writing is my life, but writing about Alzheimer’s, how it has affected my mom, millions of others, and what we need to do about it, is one of my most important purposes.
Recently, I had the honor of collaborating with 21 other women from all walks of life on a special anthology project called Deserts to Mountaintops: Our Collective Journey to (re)Claiming Our Voice. My essay, “Dining at the Dementia Cafe” is part of the collection.
I’m humbled to be accepted into the project, which has empowered me to keep writing—even when it’s difficult and the words refuse to show themselves to me. At the same time I help my clients find their words, I’m always searching for my own, too. It’s part of why I love this craft so very much.
Pick up a copy of Deserts to Mountaintops—available as an e-book, paperback and audiobook on Amazon.
Essays
Ways Grief Has Given Me More Than It’s Taken
When Hospice Abandons Patients
Should We Define Alcohol Use Disorder On A Spectrum?
What An Athlete Taught Me About Overcoming Addiction
Why Running is the Ultimate Addiction Recovery Tool
Alcohol Abuser in Remission: A Brief Personal History
Denial: When You Can’t Admit It’s Alzheimer’s
It’s Not You, It’s the Alcohol
BYLINE ARTICLES
Being Patient
Building Hope: The enduring optimism of Loretta Veney
Leading With Love: Ty Lewis Amplifies the Voice of Black Caregivers
The Forum/The Arts Partnership
The many expressions of portrait artist Franklin Ugochukwu
Memory Café offers those with dementia or Alzheimer's and their loved ones help when it's needed most
Zhimin Guan, Brand Bachmeier exhibit creates convergence, transcendence
Local art enriches lives at Memory Cafe
Red River Dance’s adaptive dance program helps students build creativity, confidence
CreativeMornings Fargo is back with new energy and a new location
Neighbors team up to refurbish 1980s dollhouse to auction off at Lend A Hand Up's Stick it to Cancer benefit
Or you can, you know, email me.
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