Fireside Chats with Local Authors: Debbie Pausig

Join us for readings and discussions with local authors in front of the fireplace in our Reading Room!

This week we will be joined by Debbie Pausig, author of An Affair Worth Remembering with Huntington's Disease and The Freshman 15-16 of Grief.

An Affair Worth Remembering with Huntington's Disease is about Debbie’s journey as wife, mother, breadwinner, caregiver and widow/spouse survivor of Huntington's Disease. (HD) It is about creating "Awareness" and giving the families affected by HD a "Voice" to a situation that few understand, including friends, family, co-workers, and the community. HD is REAL and knowledge of the disease and its ripple effect on a family is REAL.

The Freshman 15-16 of Grief begins when Huntington's Disease took the life of her husband and now reaches a larger audience. Debbie extends out to those who have not only lost a spouse through death. The journey traverses' other losses and growths during the midlife + aging process that have occurred in the 16 years after the death of her forever love. This is a time that is full of both expected and unexpected changes: Widowhood, single parenthood, returning to school, unemployment, career reinvention, menopause, becoming an adult orphan, adult children, friendships and the general aging process to the Medicare age of 65. That is the progression of her life.

Registration is not required to attend this drop-in event.