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Walking Each Other Home: A Caregiver's Journey of Grace by Ann-Marie Murrell is based on the real-life meaning of the 5th Commandment and the importance of caring for our elderly family members. Walking begins with straightforward advice about how to get your house in order long before the funeral, avoiding some of the pitfalls Ann-Marie faced when hurriedly finding ways to help her parents after both were diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. Walking Each Other Home offers solutions for everything from organizing a house to the legal documents needed when beginning the caregiving phase. It provides invaluable information for anyone caring for their elders from early home healthcare to hospice. Walking explains Ann-Marie's firsthand experience with various types of elder facilities, including red flags to watch for in each of them. She shares intimate knowledge about how her family members were diagnosed with dementia/Alzheimer's, from the earliest signs of the disease and their progressions, to how each family member died. In 2024 Ann-Marie was also diagnosed with COPD and Early Onset Alzheimer's so her hope is that Honoring will help her own family in their caregiving journey. Walking looks at the faith-driven steps it took for Ann-Marie to leave her Los Angeles home of over 35 years to move to a tiny East Texas town and care for her parents. Caregiving is not always easy, nor is it for the faint of heart. Preparing for a loved one's ending is devastating enough, but dementia/Alzheimer's disease can either cause someone to become violent, like Ann-Marie's father, or drift and fade through a gentle, quiet storm, like her mother. And whether considering caring for elders at home or placing in a facility, the main theme throughout is God's 5th Commandment: ""What is the best way I can honor and care for my parents?""

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""Ann-Marie wrote Walking Each Other Home: A Caregiver's Journey of Grace after both her parents were diagnosed with Alzheimer's and she was left to manage their lives. Her book offers practical advice along with personal stories that are sometimes funny, at times heartbreaking, and there are even a few miracles. I highly recommend."" Kevin Sorbo, Filmmaker, Actor, Author""Walking Each Other Home offers firsthand advice about everything from early dementia detection to the various types of nursing facilities (along with red flags to watch out for). It's also a great reminder that in this life we're not promised another moment. So while we're still alert and able, it's important to get our own houses in order."" Ambassador Mike Huckabee, Former Governor of Arkansas, Ambassador to Israel ""In this heartbreaking, yet often funny, deeply insightful, and ultimately empowering book, Ann-Marie opens a very personal door, and invites us into the sacred journey of caring for our elderly loved ones. Part memoir, part 'field guide', this book gives us the reality of what to expect and the practical advice to navigate it all. Walking Each Other Home is a much-needed book in our self-centered culture. Ann-Marie's story of gracious self-sacrifice reminds us that true fulfillment is found...and real love is expressed...through action and care for those we love."" Nancy Stafford, Actress ('Matlock', 'First Lady'), Director, Speaker, and Author ""Facing the decline of our elderly loved ones is heartbreaking; doing so without the skills, knowledge, or training to make appropriate decisions and give them the care they deserve can be overwhelming. In her book Walking Each Other Home, Ann-Marie allows us a close-up and intimate look into her own personal journey to fulfill God's calling upon her life to honor her parents. She shares with us both His guidance and wisdom, but also the practical tips that one can only gain from experience. Wish this book had existed when I so desperately needed it."" Rebecca Holden, Singer, Actress ('Knight Rider')

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Ann-Marie Murrell has worn many hats-author, editor, journalist, political commentator, and media producer. But when both of her parents were diagnosed with Alzheimer's, she stepped away from her Los Angeles life to become their full-time caregiver in East Texas. Later, after facing her own diagnosis of Early Onset Alzheimer's, Ann-Marie knew she had to write Walking Each Other Home. Drawing on her deep faith and firsthand experiences, she shares a raw, heartfelt, and honest journey of caregiving in the face of dementia. Her writing is both spiritual and practical, offering a lifeline not only to other caregivers walking the same path, but also as a lasting legacy for her own children.

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