Caring for Dad
With Love and Tomatoes
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Please understand, not visiting the cemetery does not mean I have forgotten you. On the contrary—I do not go a day without being reminded of you.
Tomatoes in every store seem to be calling out your recommendations:
“Cindy, pick out the ripe ones on the vine, those are the best. Look for the Missouri or Arkansas grown tomatoes since those are from local farms. Don’t get the greenhouse tomatoes in winter, because they have no flavor—it’s like eating red plastic or rubber. I will eat canned tomatoes if all else fails.”
Dad, I am going to always honor you. Being your caregiver was one of the greatest blessings I will ever experience. For eighteen years you and I had a lot of adventures. We struggled to hide our grief after Mom died, but we did survive together.
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About the Book
For anyone who has floundered through the stages of grief or for anyone who has lovingly served as a caregiver, this book offers solace or reassurance. Follow the author as she is caught in a struggle—seeking a balance in her personal and professional life—and thrusted into a sudden reversal in her life’s role, a shifting from child to parent.
In the wake of pain, after her mother’s passing, the author begins an eighteen-year journey as a caregiver to her father. In Caring for Dad: With Love and Tomatoes, she utilizes storytelling to share inner thoughts, prayers, poetry, and laughter. Join the author in exploring the calamities and triumphs she experienced with her dad. Ultimately, she learns that caregiving is many things: soul-crushing closeness, courageousness, and an all-consuming commitment. Every aspect caregiving offered her, the highs and the lows, was well worth the effort. God had provided her a privileged blessing—the ability to give love to another unconditionally.
About the Author
Cindy McIntyre, author of Eulogies Unspoken: Stories of Worth, is an award-winning poet, and an educator of at-risk youth. She is a member of the Missouri Writer’s League and Ozark Writers League. She holds a Bachelors degree in psychology and a Master’s degree in Human Services, with an emphasis in Education. Miss McIntyre, has a background in home health services, which prepared her for the eighteen-year journey, serving as her father’s caregiver. Cindy McIntyre shares with readers honest emotions of grief, and moments of hope and inspiration. She is originally from Earlville, Illinois, but now calls Missouri her home.
www.missouriauthorcindymcintyre.com
Grief is universal. Yet, each of us takes a different journey on the path to healing. Through storytelling together, we might regain hope and faith.