Returning to Writing After a Caregiving-Pause—Guest Post by Rebecca Scaglione

The rough draft of my fourth novel in a series entitled Angels of El Roi, was written in 2015. And then the dark cloud of dementia floated into my parents’ life.

The thing with this type of storm, you don’t know how intense it will get, how much damage it will inflict, or how slow or fast-moving it will become.

And so my caregiving journey began. With my sister, Pam, by my side, we attended to every need, every crisis, every emotional event 24/7. There was no time, no energy or brain cells left ...