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Are you heading into the unknown world of adult orphanhood? Helping your parents as they age and eventually leave this world can be difficult. While caring for them perfectly isn't a realistic expectation, it is possible for you to let them go without losing sight of kindness and compassion for them and for yourself. When parents begin to need assistance, the path from mild annoyance to feeling totally overwhelmed can change in an instant. Given the combination of family dynamics, health concerns, and current life responsibilities, it should be little surprise that there is no one-size-fits-all answer. Emotions run high. Friction between siblings, parents, and caregivers can quickly intensify as everyone tries to map out what they think is the best plan of action. Amidst the struggle to fix the situation, love often gets left out of the equation, which can later lead to regret, remorse, and strained family relationships. Having lost her father at a young age and then much later assisting her mother through the last years of her long life, author Ingrid Hanson-Popp offers soulful advice and practical tips through her own story and the stories more than a dozen friends who are fellow orphans - those who have entered the new world of a life without mom or dad. - Discover resources and strategies to guide you during the season of letting your parents go. - Realize how compassion can help you successfully navigate the uncharted waters of grief and becoming an adult orphan. - Learn tips to care for yourself while caring for your aging parents. When you feel lost in this process, let the experiences and advice of others who have gone before you give you direction and hope on your own road to Becoming an Orphan.

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I recommend Becoming an Orphan: Lovingly Letting Our Parents Go and see it as a wonderful resource and comfort to those who are caregivers or who have been caregivers. I especially related to the term orphan, that being one of the first things my siblings and I said when our mom died. That is it, we are orphans, it is up to us to carry on. In my position, I have heard others say that as well. -Rita Hagen, RN, MSN, Executive Director of Hospice Alliance-No. 1 ranked choice in Southeastern Wisconsin. There are life transitions none of us want to face, particularly losing a loved-one. In this book, Ingrid Hanson-Popp has provided deep and practical wisdom about the process of losing a parent. The book is helpful particularly because it is centered on the real-life stories of a wide range of people. These are matters for which we need the voice of people who have traveled the journey already. The wisdom of these people let us know we can make it through. -Mel Lawrenz, author of A Chronicle of Grief, trainer with international network of Christian leaders, and minister at large of Elmbrook Church.

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Ingrid Hanson-Popp holds a master's degree in piano performance from Roosevelt University in Chicago. Becoming an Orphan is her second book and was inspired while interacting with audience members during lectures about her first book, Cellophane Farm. Ingrid lives in Waterford, Wisconsin, with her husband, David Popp. She also runs her own creative media company, Dropped Pencil, LLC, whose mission is Making the arts personal.

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