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Welcome
to MyraSmith.com!
QUOTE
FROM THE SANDWICH GENERATION
THE
SANDWICH GENERATION IS A TERM USED TO DESCRIBE
A GROWING SEGMENT OF THE
American population of working adults responsible
or the care of both children and aging parents.
According to the National Alliance of Caregiving
(NAC) in Bethesda, Md., …"more than
44 million Americans are involved in caring
for an aging relative or friend, and about 29
million of them are employed."(AARP Bulletin,
May 2006)
With the 85-plus population growing at the fastest
rate, the U.S. Department of Labor predicts
that by 2008, 54 percent of the work force will
be involved in caring for an older person--including
making doctors' appointments, calling around
to find out about care facilities or handling
emergency situations.
Add
to these statistics the fact that the number
of households with children 18 and older still
living there grew by 70 percent in the first
four years of this decade, and you have a generation
of baby boomers who are not only sandwiched,
but in desperate need of spiritual food.
SOUL
FOOD FOR THE SANDWICH GENERATION is a book
written especially for this group of individuals
sandwiched between generations.
QUOTE FROM THE PUBLISHER
Soul
Food for the Sandwich Generation
is written for these times in which millions
of "baby boomers" have found themselves
caregivers to their aging parents as well as
to their own children. As a caregiver with a
heart of gold, Myra has written succinctly and
with wry humor from the perspective of this
task being both a blessing and at times a hardship.
Choosing each word with care, Myra offers pearls
of wisdom and insight to readers in her meditations
for caregivers.
| Lois
Qualben, President |
| Langmarc
Publishing |
| P.O.
Box 90488 |
| Austin,
Texas 78709-0488 |
| (512)
394-0989 |
| www.langmarc.com |
A
WORD FROM THE AUTHOR:
My
husband, Ray and I are members of the sandwich
generation. This book is written from my personal
experience as a child, parent, and caregiver.
In the first chapter of my book, I say, "When
you are a child, someone else gives up part
of his life to nurture and sustain you. As an
adult, you wrestle with issues that range from
diapering and first steps to graduations, weddings,
and learning to let go. And now, when it is
time for you to care for your parents, you feel
like a child again. Going it alone on this journey
is impossible. You cannot do it. But each day,
with God as your guide, miracles can happen."
(pg. 10, Soul Food for the Sandwich Generation)
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