Jemi Fraser Blog Tour! plus IWSG, ROW80, and Research
emi Fraser is here today!
Today is also Insecure Writer's Support Group Day!
The awesome co-hosts for the April 1 posting of the IWSG are Diane Burton, JH Moncrieff, Anna @ Emaginette, Karen @ Reprobate Typewriter, Erika Beebe, and Lisa Buie-Collard!
April 1 question: The IWSG’s focus is on our writers. Each month, from all over the globe, we are a united group sharing our insecurities, our troubles, and our pain. So, in this time when our world is in crisis with the Covid-19 pandemic, our optional question this month is: how are things in your world?
Things are good. I've been sharing thoughts with friends and family through various social media; I should really collate some of those in one place, for the longer record. The days are packed with schooling for the kids, telecommuting for work, my own courses (I've submitted my final assignment!), and our ongoing other stuff -- writing novels and short stories (news on this front coming soon!), knitting, recording music, and more. Luckily we live in a beautiful place, and the kids let us sleep through the night, otherwise things would be a lot more stressful (and everything is hectic enough!). I think it's difficult, in terms of processing feelings and anxiety, to not know what the endpoint is. All of this is a new experiment for the world, and we're all doing the best we can. Some of the memes are hilarious, too!
The first round of A Round of Words in 80 Days for this year has ended, and I've actually accomplished something! I've completed another round of edits on Captive of the Sea, the story of Magdalena and Santiago, set in 1471. I have an endless list of square brackets to clean up, and I've slowly started going through them. Sometime soon I'll put together another research needs post.
So far I've looked up:
- Sir Gawain
- medieval greetings and honorifics
- medieval ships
- ideas for names of ships and captain
- maps of London
And now, here's Jemi!
It’s a pleasure to be participating in author Jemi
Fraser’s DANCING WITH DEMENTIA,
Recognizing and Coping with the Early Stages of Dementia Blog Tour
through MC Book Tours today.
The author is offering a tour-wide international giveaway of an Amazon
Gift Card. More information on the giveaway is listed below.
Recognizing and Coping with the Early Stages of Dementia
by Jemi Fraser
by Jemi Fraser
◊ Genre: Nonfiction, Memoir
◊ Publisher: Just Jemi Books
◊ eBooks
◊ ISBN-13: 978-1-9991258-1-3
◊ Publisher: Just Jemi Books
◊ eBooks
◊ ISBN-13: 978-1-9991258-1-3
Dementia and Alzheimer’s touch the lives of millions around the
world, but so much is still unknown.
As first-generation Canadians, we didn’t recognize
the early warning signs. We didn’t know the differences between regular aging
and the early stages of dementia. We’ve made mistakes but we’ve learned a lot.
DANCING
WITH DEMENTIA will help you:
•Identify those early warning signs
•Use visuals to improve communication
•Choose your words wisely
•Redirect and reassure
•Stay calm and cope with your own emotions
•Consider nursing home options
•Improve caregiver self-care
•Identify those early warning signs
•Use visuals to improve communication
•Choose your words wisely
•Redirect and reassure
•Stay calm and cope with your own emotions
•Consider nursing home options
•Improve caregiver self-care
We’ve learned to dance the early steps of the
disease with our love and laughter intact. If you are looking for help
recognizing early signposts along with practical ways to cope with early
Dementia and Alzheimer’s, this book is for you.
For those
who aren’t familiar with the author, here’s a bit of background on her.
Jemi Fraser
writes both fiction and nonfiction. Her nonfiction work focuses on the ways
that dementia has impacted her family. Her fiction work varies from
contemporary romance to suspense and flash fiction. Years as a teacher have
taught Jemi that life is short and that happy endings are a must.
Jemi lives
in Northern Ontario, Canada where snow is always a topic of conversation and
the autumn leaves make everything better.
For more on
Jemi and her writing, visit her following sites:
GIVEAWAY DETAILS:
This
tour-wide giveaway is for a $20 Amazon Gift Card. The giveaway is
open internationally.
To enter the
giveaway, just click on the Rafflecopter widget below and follow the
instructions. The widget may take a few seconds to load so please be patient.
If the widget doesn’t show up, just click HERE and
you’ll be directed to the widget.
Thanks for
stopping by and be sure to follow Jemi on her week-long tour HERE. You never know what you
might find out. I hope dementia hasn’t touch your family or friends, but in
case it has do you have any tips to share on dealing with this terrible
disease?
More from Jemi!:
Smiles From The Dementia Files
Dancing With Dementia features Lizzie,
our Mom who is dealing with dementia. Along with the book, I’ve created some videos filled with tips and a blog focused on dementia. On the blog, I’ll be posting a regular feature
entitled Smiles From The Dementia Files.
Dementia is NOT funny. In fact, there’s
absolutely nothing funny about the disease at all. So, why Smiles?
Because Lizzie is often hilarious. Both
intentionally and otherwise, but mostly intentionally.
We’re very lucky that dementia hasn’t
taken away her sparkle and her joie de vivre. Lizzie has always been quick-witted.
She loves making people laugh. She especially loves shocking people into laughter
with inappropriate comments. The disease appears to have weakened that filter
most of us have.
For Lizzie, there is nothing better
than making some kind of inappropriate comment that will send her grandchildren into fits of laughter. Don’t
worry - they’re not little kids anymore!
Dementia is a horrible disease. It
does so much damage to the person
affected by dementia and to the people caring for and loving that person.
We’ll take every chance to smile and
laugh that we can.
So we’ll share those moments - even
when they tippy-toe over that line a little bit.
Lizzie would love to know she’s made
someone else smile, so we’ll keep sharing her sparkle!
How about you?
Do you know anyone who
likes to shock the younger generations with their sense of humour?
Does humour
help you through the tough times as well?
Comments
It is good to hear that you are handling things well in this crisis. It is also a good idea about saving some of the thoughts that you're receiving on social media. I hadn't thought about saving mine but maybe I will.
To Jemi:
Hi,
Without giving too much away because I have already read the book, I will say here that Dancing with Dementia is worth the investment of time and money to read it. I like the positive, persevering ending of the book.
Shalom aleichem,
Pat G @ EverythingMustChange
I think Jemi's book will be so helpful to so many ... I learnt from those and would talk about it to my mother - she was always interested even in her last days: I was lucky.
All the best to Jemi with her book and to you and the family - take care ... Hilary
Pat - thanks so much, Pat! For us a sense of humour has helped us see that there is always hope!
Mason - thanks again!!
Jemi, let her continue to amuse you. That's how we get through hard times.
Hi, Deniz! Stay safe and healthy!
JE - sounds like our moms have a bit in common!
Chrys - thanks so much!!
Happy to see that you and your family are safe~ continue to be so!
Congrats, Jemi!
Thanks for sharing your journey with us. I was a difficult one for sure, but at least you are helping so many others with your knowledge...
Take care!
You have been so much more productive than I have, and my children are all grown so can’t serve as my excuse. I hope you, R, E, and D remain safe thru this crisis. It is indeed a trying experiment on our personal freedom, not to mention the global impact to humanity as a whole. Sending much love and extra patience (and words, either new or newly wrangled) for the coming quarantined weeks.