Lyt når som helst, hvor som helst

Nyd den ubegrænsede adgang til tusindvis af spændende e- og lydbøger - helt gratis

  • Lyt og læs så meget du har lyst til
  • Opdag et kæmpe bibliotek fyldt med fortællinger
  • Eksklusive titler + Mofibo Originals
  • Opsig når som helst
Start tilbuddet
DK - Details page - Device banner - 894x1036

When the Window Closes: What I learned caring for my mom while she was alive and dying

Længde
7T 44M
Sprog
Engelsk
Format
Kategori

Biografier

I was never my mom's favorite child. It was always her and my sister.

When I was old enough to be on my own, I left without looking back. I made my own way in the world, had a family and built a beautiful life. But a trip to the emergency room in 2013 changed everything. My mom had dementia, and I was tasked with taking care of her, all by myself.

I learned everything I could about grief in an effort to prepare for her to die. I had to face my own resentments, fears, and anger as I accepted my caregiver role so I could love my mom while she was alive and dying.

Even at the end, when I was just a nice lady to came to visit her, I was ready, no matter how many years she had left. I knew I'd be by her side and hold her hand as she left this earth. But nothing I did prepared me for what actually happened.

All my best-laid plans crumbled around me as I had to use everything I'd learned to make it through the worst thing I could never have imagined.

When the Window Closes is a profoundly personal and emotional narrative centered around the author's six-year journey as a caregiver for her mother, who had Alzheimer's disease. The book weaves back and forth between past events and the present caregiving moments, illustrating her complicated and trying relationship with her mother and how the burden of caregiving evolved into a great gift of unconditional love and acceptance.

Throughout the memoir, the author explores the complexities of mother-daughter relationships, family responsibilities, caregiving in the face of adversity, navigating the confusing healthcare system, and grappling with feelings of grief, loss, fear, resentment, and finding peace in letting go.

© 2025 Mount Cooper Publishing (Lydbog): 9798992354621

Release date

Lydbog: 27. maj 2025

Andre kan også lide...

  1. The Wrong Calamity: A Memoir Marsha Jacobson
  2. Finding Karen Black: Roots Become Wings Diane Bay
  3. Dwell Time: A Memoir of Art, Exile, and Repair Rosa Lowinger
  4. Dialysis: a Memoir, Second Edition Lisa Frieden
  5. Like Sodium in Water: A memoir of home and heartache Hayden Eastwood
  6. One-Way Ticket Suzanne Wentley
  7. Street Kids, Solvents and Salvation Natalie Vellacott
  8. My Place in the Sun: Life in the Golden Age of Hollywood and Washington George Stevens Jr.
  9. (Un)Apologetically Me: Tales from a perfectly imperfect life Sophie Neville
  10. Father, Son, and Soldering Gun: Stories That Forge Us Steven V. Mycynek
  11. On Borrowed Breath: A Memoir Of Faith, Love and Advocating Through A Health Crisis Karen Campbell Wilkinson
  12. Lolly Scramble: A Memoir of Little Consequence Tony Martin
  13. To (M)others from the Hood: Conquering fear, uncertainty, chaos and division in life's most difficult hood. Shannon McGuire
  14. The Blackridge House: A Memoir Julia Martin
  15. Handprints Marie Phero
  16. "You're Not Doing It Right": Loving My Mother Through an Unpredictable Caregiving Journey Ellen E Patnaude
  17. The Uninvited: On The Road With The Greatest Rock Band You Never Heard Steven Vance Taylor
  18. The Becoming Nicole Luongo
  19. Four Seconds: A Memoir Laura Andrade
  20. Chaos in Color: A Memoir of Childhood Trauma and Forgiveness R. Layla Salek, PhD
  21. Sunflowers in Iraq: True Stories of Surviving & Thriving Tara Darlene Smith
  22. Light in Bandaged Places: Healing in the Wake of Young Betrayal Liz Kinchen
  23. My Father’s Son: A Generational Journey Wayne Alcorn
  24. Looking for Andy Griffith: A Father's Journey Evan Dalton Smith
  25. Renegade M.D.: A Doctor's Stories from the Streets Susan Partovi
  26. Unread Pages.: The Silent Struggles Behind Every Success Marnie Del Beauchamp
  27. The Miracle James M. LeBlanc
  28. Stillborn: Written out of love for Tom an dTim Desirée van Nieuwenhoven
  29. Pretty Wrecked: Confessions of a Teen Addict and Her Road to Recovery Tracy Viola
  30. Running on Empty: 18,000 Miles down Africa with Parkinson's Guy Deacon
  31. The Abolitionist’s Journal: Memories of an American Antislavery Family James D. Richardson
  32. Finding Otipemisiwak: The People Who Own Themselves Andrea Currie
  33. The Takin A Walk Icons Buzz Knight
  34. Little Known Facts: Roger Bart Ilana Levine
  35. Becoming Thelma Lou: My Journey to Hollywood, Mayberry, and Beyond Betty Lynn
  36. The Real Ted Hastings: The True Story of the Copper at the Heart of Line of Duty Robin Jarossi
  37. Never Better: My Life in Our Times Tommie Gorman
  38. In the Shadow of the Rising Sun: Surviving a Prisoner of War Childhood Olga Henderson
  39. Extended Summary - Sold: Based On The Book By Patricia Mccormick Quick Reading Library
  40. Extended Summary - This Is The Fire: Based On The Book By Don Lemon Quick Reading Library
  41. In the Nation's Service: The Life and Times of George P. Shultz Philip Taubman
  42. On Locations: Lessons Learned from My Life On Set with The Sopranos and in the Film Industry Mark Kamine
  43. Extended Summary - The Truths We Hold: Based On The Book By Kamala Harris Quick Reading Library
  44. Passion & Provocation: Selected Poems Judith Partelow
  45. The Power of Two: The Riveting True Family Saga Spanning Three Generations Anita Eleanor Patel

Vælg dit abonnement

  • Over 600.000 titler

  • Download og nyd titler offline

  • Eksklusive titler + Mofibo Originals

  • Børnevenligt miljø (Kids Mode)

  • Det er nemt at opsige når som helst

Flex

For dig som vil prøve Mofibo.

89 kr. /måned
  • 1 konto

  • 20 timer/måned

  • Gem op til 100 ubrugte timer

  • Eksklusivt indhold hver uge

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Ingen binding

Prøv gratis
Den mest populære

Premium

For dig som lytter og læser ofte.

129 kr. /måned
  • 1 konto

  • 100 timer/måned

  • Eksklusivt indhold hver uge

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Ingen binding

Start tilbuddet

Unlimited

For dig som lytter og læser ubegrænset.

149 kr. /måned
  • 1 konto

  • Ubegrænset adgang

  • Eksklusivt indhold hver uge

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Ingen binding

Start tilbuddet

Family

For dig som ønsker at dele historier med familien.

Fra 179 kr. /måned
  • 2-6 konti

  • 100 timer/måned pr. konto

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Kun 39 kr. pr. ekstra konto

  • Ingen binding

2 konti

179 kr. /måned
Start tilbuddet