At the Eleventh Hour : Caring for My Dying Mother by Susan Carol Stone (2001, Perfect)-image

At the Eleventh Hour : Caring for My Dying Mother by Susan Carol Stone (2001, Perfect)

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Genre: Family & Relationships, Health & Fitness, Medical brand: Present Perfect Books ISBN-13: 9780963078452 Format: Perfect Publisher: Present Perfect Books gtin13: 9780963078452 Synopsis: When Blanche Stone was diagnosed with bone cancer, her daughter Susan interrupted an unusual life -- in a Buddhist monastery -- to return home and become a full-time caregiver. With practical wisdom, humor, and an eye for telling detail, Susan relates their experiences sharing a house, dealing with finances, participating in family and holiday rituals, finding ways to ease Blanche's discomfort as her health declined, gratefully accepting the support of the local hospice, and coming to a greater appreciation of each other as individuals.Readers of any faith (or none) can benefit from these accounts of living moment by moment, responding without preconception to each evolving situation, embracing one's own needs along with the needs of a person facing death. Susan shows how such living happens: within a sacred place where there is room to honor and be awed by what is at hand, however difficult, and where one gains the freedom to enjoy it all.At the Eleventh Hour presents a model for how children can offer parents the gift of a good death. Like a wise and supportive friend, it can lift spirits and be a reminder that, hard as it is, it's okay -- and sometimes even fun. (In this way, the book is similar to Tuesdays with Morrie which has lifted the spirits of millions)., When Blanche Stone was diagnosed with bone cancer, her daughter Susan interrupted an unusual life -- in a Buddhist monastery -- to become a full-time caregiver. Readers of any faith, or none, will rejoice in the practical wisdom, the humor, and the moments of transcendence as a dying mother and her daughter share a house, figure out finances, celebrate holidays, deal with increasing physical pain and discomfort, accept support of the local hospice, and reach a deeper appreciation of each other as individuals. Weaving spiritual truths into the fabric of daily life, At the Eleventh Hour shows how the only way to address one's own needs along with the needs of a person facing death is by living one moment at a time. Book jacket. Item Length: 8.5 in LC Classification Number: HV3001.A39S86 2001 ISBN-10: 0963078453 Topic: Diseases / Cancer, Death, Grief, Bereavement, Parenting / Motherhood, Caregiving Book Title: At the Eleventh Hour : Caring for My Dying Mother Number of Pages: 200 Pages Publication Year: 2001 Author: Susan Carol Stone Language: English Item Width: 5.5 in LCCN: 00-111479

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