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Mark Steven Porro
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My second book is in progress. It will also be memoir, this one focusing more on my father.
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Hospice Said Goodbye. Mom Had Other Plans.
Right after her 89th birthday, Mark Steven Porro’s mother decided she was done. No disease. No pain. She just shut down. Her doctor called hospice, a priest gave last rites, and six grown kids flew home. Then she stayed three and a half more years, with her youngest son as her full-time family caregiver. And somehow the story Mark tells about those years will make you laugh.
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"“A Cup of Tea on the Commode: My Multi-Tasking Adventures of Caring for Mom. And How I Survived to Tell the Tale.” by Mark Steven Porro – is a heartfelt story follows 'Genevieve', Mark’s mother, a woman in her nineties, whose life unfolds like a rich"
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“The doctor was sure Mom had Alzheimer's. I turned to her and asked, 'Mom you don't have Alzheimer's do you?' She shrugged and said, 'I don't remember.”
― A Cup of Tea on the Commode: My Multi-Tasking Adventures of Caring for Mom. And How I Survived to Tell the Tale
― A Cup of Tea on the Commode: My Multi-Tasking Adventures of Caring for Mom. And How I Survived to Tell the Tale
“I knew a psychic in Hollywood who suffered from dyslexia. She could only predict the past, but she was very accurate.”
― A Cup of Tea on the Commode: My Multi-Tasking Adventures of Caring for Mom. And How I Survived to Tell the Tale
― A Cup of Tea on the Commode: My Multi-Tasking Adventures of Caring for Mom. And How I Survived to Tell the Tale
“I gave my mother her first bubble bath in years, but she passed out in the tub. Great, I try to do a good thing and I kill my mom. At least she smelled good.”
― A Cup of Tea on the Commode: My Multi-Tasking Adventures of Caring for Mom. And How I Survived to Tell the Tale
― A Cup of Tea on the Commode: My Multi-Tasking Adventures of Caring for Mom. And How I Survived to Tell the Tale
“Little did I know when I embarked on this journey that Mom would be the least of my troubles.”
― A Cup of Tea on the Commode: My Multi-Tasking Adventures of Caring for Mom. And How I Survived to Tell the Tale
― A Cup of Tea on the Commode: My Multi-Tasking Adventures of Caring for Mom. And How I Survived to Tell the Tale
“When beginning any new adventure focus on finding the joy. It makes the ride so much more pleasant.”
― A Cup of Tea on the Commode: My Multi-Tasking Adventures of Caring for Mom. And How I Survived to Tell the Tale
― A Cup of Tea on the Commode: My Multi-Tasking Adventures of Caring for Mom. And How I Survived to Tell the Tale
“I knew a psychic in Hollywood who suffered from dyslexia. She could only predict the past, but she was very accurate.”
― A Cup of Tea on the Commode: My Multi-Tasking Adventures of Caring for Mom. And How I Survived to Tell the Tale
― A Cup of Tea on the Commode: My Multi-Tasking Adventures of Caring for Mom. And How I Survived to Tell the Tale
“I gave my mother her first bubble bath in years, but she passed out in the tub. Great, I try to do a good thing and I kill my mom. At least she smelled good.”
― A Cup of Tea on the Commode: My Multi-Tasking Adventures of Caring for Mom. And How I Survived to Tell the Tale
― A Cup of Tea on the Commode: My Multi-Tasking Adventures of Caring for Mom. And How I Survived to Tell the Tale
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