This is written by the widow of Randy Pausch who wrote
The Last Lecture (which you should read if you haven't!). Typically a professor would give this talk at the end of his career. In Randy's case it was also at the end of his life. He was diagnosed with terminal cancer. With a wife and three young kids (the newest one was four months old) Randy was willing to fight with everything he had with the support of his wife Jai. In this book Jai takes us along as she relives those years. She was in such an impossible situation - being there for her husband and being there for her children. Of course there are no winners in such a situation and she always felt that she was slighting someone. And being the head cheerleader for everyone, that's exhausting. I cannot imagine for one second being able to do what she did. If you or someone
you know is in a position as caretaker I think you will find this book
enlightening.
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