Feeding My Mother
Comfort and Laughter in the Kitchen as My Mom Lives with Memory Loss
Jann Arden
- **#1
- NATIONAL
- BESTSELLERBased
- on
- her
- hugely
- popular
- Facebook
- posts
- and
- Instagram
- photos,
- Feeding
- My
- Mother
- is
- a
- frank,
- funny,
- inspirational
- and
- piercingly
- honest
- account
- of
- the
- transformation
- in
- Jann
- Arden's
- life
- that
- has
- turned
- her
- into
- the
- primary
- "parent"
- to
- her
- mom,
- who
- is
- in
- the
- grip
- of
- Alzheimer's.**Jann
- Arden
- moved
- in
- to
- a
- house
- just
- across
- the
- way
- from
- her
- parents
- in
- rural
- Alberta
- to
- be
- close
- to
- them
- but
- also
- so
- they
- could
- be
- her
- refuge
- from
- the
- demands
- of
- the
- music
- business
- and
- a
- performing
- career.
- Funny
- how
- time
- works.
- Since
- her
- dad
- died
- in
- 2015,
- Jann
- cooks
- for
- her
- mom
- five
- or
- six
- times
- a
- week.
- Her
- mom
- finds
- comfort
- in
- her
- daughter's
- kitchen,
- not
- just
- in
- the
- delicious
- food
- but
- also
- just
- sitting
- with
- her
- as
- she
- cooks.
- And
- Jann
- finds
- some
- peace
- in
- caring
- for
- her
- mom,
- even
- as
- her
- mom
- slowly
- becomes
- a
- stranger.
- "If
- you
- told
- me
- two
- years
- ago
- that
- I'd
- be
- here,"
- Jann
- writes,
- "I
- wouldn't
- have
- believed
- it.
- And
- yet
- we
- still
- fall
- into
- so
- much
- laughter,
- feel
- so
- much
- insane
- gladness
- and
- joy.
- It's
- such
- a
- contrast
- from
- one
- minute
- to
- the
- next
- and
- it
- teaches
- me
- constantly:
- it
- makes
- me
- stronger
- and
- more
- humble
- and
- more
- empathetic
- and
- caring
- and
- kind."
The
- many
- people
- who
- are
- dealing
- with
- a
- loved
- one
- who
- is
- losing
- it
- will
- find
- inspiration
- and
- strength
- in
- Jann's
- wholehearted,
- loving
- response
- and
- her
- totally
- Jann
- take
- on
- the
- upside-down
- world
- of
- a
- daughter
- mothering
- her
- mother.
- Feeding
- My
- Mother
- is
- one
- heck
- of
- an
- affirmation
- that
- life
- just
- keeps
- on
- keeping
- on,
- and
- a
- wonderful
- example
- of
- how
- you
- have
- to
- roll
- with it.
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