A humorous, heartwarming Tale of love, loss, and the power of community Fair Meadows Retirement Community might as well be a country club for most of the retirees enjoying the pool, golf course, and book clubs.
Full of Sharon Mondragon\'s characteristic humor and heart, this book wrestles with the loneliness of being the forgotten spouse of a dementia patient, moving past the fear that the spouses often face into the love and compassion that can make all the difference..
But when one member talks him into taking up his wife\'s old crochet hooks, he discovers that this one small gesture might just have the power to heal his life--or even save it.
Sam has no idea how he got Tangled up with them, and he\'s no good at knitting.
Flirtatious Jenny Alderman, cranky crocheter Edna O\'Brian, kind Rose Harker, and the rest of the prayer shawl group weave him into the circle.
That\'s something the Woolgatherers can\'t bear to see.
He finds that his life has lost all color and meaning without her.
They make prayer shawls to support those affected by the heartbreaking reality of not being recognized by a loved one-people like Sam Talbot, who has been barely existing since his wife moved into Memory Care.
Comforting these caregivers is exactly why the Woolgatherers group has formed.
But for the caregivers whose family members reside upstairs in the special Memory Care Unit, vacation is over.
A humorous, heartwarming Tale of love, loss, and the power of community Fair Meadows Retirement Community might as well be a country club for most of the retirees enjoying the pool, golf course, and book clubs
