All Will Be Well is not just a book about a daughter suddenly finding herself becoming a caregiver for her mother. This is not just a book about the way life is upended for everyone in a family when a tragedy unexpectedly strikes. And it is not just about how cultural and religious beliefs impact decisions made prior to, during, and after the tragedy becomes a way of life.
In extremely compelling words and very personal terms, Kim Fowler conveys the story of her family’s journey to assist her mother during her developing condition of dementia. While Kim’s story is at once unique it also is one that so many families across the country and the world now must face… Kim’s is a touching and moving account. Harry J. Elam, Jr. President, Occidental College
This is a book about love. It is about how enduring familial love can be, even when relationships are complicated and infuriating. This is a book about how much self-love it takes to support and care for those we love, especially when doing those things feels impossible. All Will Be Well is about overcoming fear in order to live with acceptance, and still finding beauty and laughter in the midst of what is sometimes unbearably hard.
In extremely compelling words and very personal terms, Kim Fowler conveys the story of her family’s journey to assist her mother during her developing condition of dementia. While Kim’s story is at once unique it also is one that so many families across the country and the world now must face… Kim’s is a touching and moving account. Harry J. Elam, Jr. President, Occidental College
About Kim Fowler
“The high desert puts me back together again and calls me forth to write.”
I am pulled to write about the beauty in the land and in the spirit of humans struggling, celebrating their movement through this life. In my writing and my coaching I want to get to know what breathes below the surface that is waiting to be heard, that offers us riddles to be deciphered through dreams and visions. There is power in transparency.
This book is a transparent journey into the changing relationship between me and my parents as a result of Mom’s stroke and devolving into dementia. It is about the damage of secrets held too long and the healing that is possible through their release. It is a similar yet different story, as are all stories of caring for loved ones with dementia.
If we are persistent in creating the conversations that our families usually run from, if we are vulnerable, if we lean into our friends, and if we love ourselves as much as we love the ones we care for, we find our way and may help our family and loved one find theirs.
What People Are Saying!
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Kim Fowler’s account of her mother’s dementia is breathtaking. I was moved by the beautiful and sometimes painful details included in this memoir: how she and her father had to come to terms with their own relationship, the role of poetry as her mother’s dementia worsened, her own misgivings and ambivalence re: what caregiving means, and her kind and no-nonsense tips for caregivers.
Jeff Jacobson, Coach & Author of the YA novel The Boy Who Couldn’t Fly Straight
Amazon Customer
Beautiful memoir, filled with wisdom, humor, and compassion, for herself and her parents. Vulnerable self-insights, especially as she and her father struggle to support each other and their failing loved one. Beautifully crafted, with a strong yet vulnerable voice.
Rosemary Gerber, RN
Kim writes openly about what it’s like to be in a position of caregiver for her mother who develops dementia in the aftermath of a stroke. She writes eloquently and movingly about experiences that can inform others who find themselves in a similar situation. I found her narrative to be searingly poignant and hopeful at the same time.
Cora M. Tellez, CEO, Sterling Administration
CEO & Founder of Amazing CARE Network Sterling
Kim does not skimp on the painful aspects of moving her mother to another state, interrupting her life to care for her parent. Much appreciated for anyone who is a caregiver or expects to be a caregiver are the helpful hints and lists of organizations that can offer assistance during what can be a most difficult time.
In this beautiful book, one also realizes that being a caregiver for your mother can be a most rewarding time.
Jacquelyn Marie, Bedside singer, Threshold Singers of the East Bay
I loved this book! A quick and interesting read that draws you in to a daughter’s struggle to help her mother recover from a stroke while negotiating a changing relationship with her father. Fowler writes beautifully. Her descriptions of her parents’ emotional responses and her open honesty about her own thoughts and feelings will tug at your heartstrings – and for anyone having been in a similar situation, you will relate every step of the way. Highly recommend!
Mary Beth Yates, Artist & Educator
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