Watching for Dragonflies
eBook - ePub

Watching for Dragonflies

A Caregiver's Transformative Journey

  1. 305 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Watching for Dragonflies

A Caregiver's Transformative Journey

About this book

2023 Living Now Book Awards Bronze Medal Winner for Mature Living/Caregiving

“I found it unique and inspiring that the couple worked hard to keep their love alive and their sex life active while facing serious health challenges. . . . What a highly inspiring and impactful book!” —Readers’ Favorite, 5-star review

“Spirituality is a central theme throughout the memoir. . . . A moving story of love, loss, illness, and the beauty that persists.” —Kirkus Reviews

Suzanne’s story begins with a phone call from her husband, Michael, telling her he has collapsed on the job. They soon learn he has multiple sclerosis. Despite the negative patterns threatening their marriage, she is determined to handle the caregiving tasks suddenly thrust upon her. Through love, psychological insights, and spiritual inquiry, she cultivates her abilities—and gains the courage to confront a medical system that often saves her husband but at other times threatens his life. As time progresses, Michael undergoes many hospitalizations; he also makes miraculous recoveries that allow adventure back into their lives, including a numinous experience with dragonflies. When Suzanne faces her own medical crisis, their world is shaken once again—but throughout it all, love is their bond, one even death cannot sever.

In Watching for Dragonflies, Suzanne reaches out to other caregivers and anyone who has experienced a life-changing crisis, inviting them to explore the many avenues of growth and transformation that uninvited change can bring. Often poignant, at times funny, and always riveting, Watching for Dragonflies will bring comfort—and inspiration—to readers as they navigate their own transformative journey.

Information

Publisher
She Writes Press
Year
2023
Topic
Social Sciences
eBook ISBN
9781647424374
Subtopic
Medicine Biographies
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Epigraph
  5. Introduction
  6. Chapter 1. Crisis
  7. Chapter 2. End of a Dream?
  8. Chapter 3. Change
  9. Chapter 4. Uncertainty
  10. Chapter 5. Symptoms
  11. Chapter 6. Loss
  12. Chapter 7. Lessons
  13. Chapter 8. How, Not If
  14. Chapter 9. Perspective
  15. Chapter 10. Accommodation
  16. Chapter 11. Time Out
  17. Chapter 12. Serpent
  18. Chapter 13. New Year
  19. Chapter 14. Curves
  20. Chapter 15. Freedom
  21. Chapter 16. Drugs
  22. Chapter 17. Adventure
  23. Chapter 18. Dragonflies
  24. Chapter 19. Omens and Endings
  25. Chapter 20. Endings
  26. Chapter 21. Loss and Rehabilitation
  27. Chapter 22. Mishaps and Cruising
  28. Chapter 23. Drugs and Desert
  29. Chapter 24. Salvation and Shock
  30. Chapter 25. Reaching Out and In
  31. Chapter 26. Healing
  32. Chapter 27. Chemo
  33. Chapter 28. Hassles and Errors
  34. Chapter 29. Life Goes On
  35. Chapter 30. Slippery Slope
  36. Chapter 31. Roller-Coaster Ride
  37. Chapter 32. The Last Resort
  38. Chapter 33. Hospital Struggles
  39. Chapter 34. Acute Challenges
  40. Chapter 35. Aspirations of Immortality
  41. Chapter 36. Errors and the ER
  42. Chapter 37. Finalities
  43. Chapter 38. New Year’s Day
  44. Chapter 39. Synchronicities
  45. Chapter 40. Grief
  46. Chapter 41. Life after Death
  47. Acknowledgments
  48. About the Author
  49. Selected Titles from She Writes Press

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