Read about a boy who was born in Texas just ahead of the Great Depression. His family moved to Avon, Colorado in 1927 and it was a perfect place for his upbringing. His father worked for the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad and raised lettuce and peas, so there were lots of things for him to stick his nose into. He must have punched the inquisitive button too many times as his nose was into everything. Perhaps too far into everything, including Lynx and Bears and Old Red Hens, oh my. Read about it all betwixt these covers.

Read about a boy who was born in Texas just ahead of the Great Depression. His family moved to Avon, Colorado in 1927 and it was a perfect place for his upbringing. His father worked for the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad and raised lettuce and peas, so there were lots of things for him to stick his nose into. He must have punched the inquisitive button too many times as his nose was into everything. Perhaps too far into everything, including Lynx and Bears and Old Red Hens, oh my. Read about it all betwixt these covers.

SLOW DANCING THROUGH THE FINAL YEARS is a feel good story about the joys of leading a loved one through the many stages of a degenerative illness, such as Alzheimer's, Muscular Dystrophy, Parkinson's, or a stroke. It is a chronicle advancing the idea that caring is joy, that slow good-byes are not all bad, and that life's greatest reward is the giving of one's best love. It is an inspirational self-help guide, offering pathways of discovering one's own personal growth in the process of caring for a loved one with an illness that chips away at their life, little by little each day. This story is about a mother who had a twenty year walk with Alzheimer's. The author, her daughter, imparts her very happy and active life during her years of part-time care for her mother and offers her method of segregating time for each of her life's demands. The underlying theme is: Make lemonade with lemons. SLOW DANCING offers enlightened options for the caregiver to investigate and choices to consider. For many it seems like a long dark tunnel, but this book offers them encouragement and a glimpse of the bright light at the end of the tunnel.