Emerging from 10+ years of my parents' Alzheimer's and FTD while mothering two young children. Reflections on family history, relationships, 'sandwiched' caregiving, dementia, grief and navigating the UK's social care system.
Emerging from 10+ years of my parents' Alzheimer's and FTD while mothering two young children. Reflections on sandwiched caregiving, dementia, grief and navigating the UK's social care system. I write about what happens.
I am an incurable memoir addict. I love reading it, teaching it, and writing it. Here you will find stories from a life, but you will also learn how to write it, and how memoir can be transformative beyond the page.
I write about the moments that make up our extraordinary lives, especially related to creativity, relationships, sobriety, motherhood, grief and joy. I like hearing other's experiences too, so we can connect through a sense of our shared humanity
Ian Leslie picks out the most important, interesting and beautiful signals from the noise.
Top 40 in Parenting: Asking and attempting to answer various flavours of this question as I rattle roughshod over the peaks and troughs of post-analysis, perimenopausal midlife from home in Glasgow, Scotland