If I Die Before I Wake (eBook)

A Caregiver's Journey

Eli Shaw (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2022
400 Seiten
Westwood Books Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-64803-851-8 (ISBN)

Infos

It all began in 1958 when I was ten. A young family had just moved into the neighborhood. One sunny summer day while I was sitting on the steps to my house, a young boy came up to me and rolled his ball to my feet. With the sun in my face I said hi and rolled it back. He ran off. A few days later he did it again. I eventually became friends with him. I told my mom that a Chinese family had moved into the neighborhood and their son, Charlie, was my new friend. She said, bring him over for supper. I did and after supper he left and my mom told me a story about people who have something called "e;Mongoloidism"e;, now Down Syndrome. I became his mentor to protect him from the bullies and I got beat up more than he did. He suddenly left and I vowed that I would do something in my life that would change that bullying attitude. This book is about the sixty years since that time where I made good on my vows. It is a group of chapters that comprise the ah ha moments in my journey as a caregiver all over the world. I hope you enjoy and are enlightened by my story.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 27.1.2022
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Schlagworte: ah ha moments • bullies • caregiver • Down syndrome • journey • Memoir
• ISBN-10: 1-64803-851-4 / 1648038514
• ISBN-13: 978-1-64803-851-8 / 9781648038518