The Accompaniment Series
Three books that journey through cognitive decline not as a story of loss, but as a path where both companion and accompanied discover unexpected possibilities.
LIONS AT DAWN
The Foundations of Accompaniment
What if caring for someone with dementia could become a journey of discovery rather than loss?
The first book in the Accompaniment Series reveals unexpected gateways to connection that remain open when memory begins to fade.
Through midnight firefly fields and dawn bird choruses, discover how beauty itself becomes medicine for the besieged spirit.
LIONS AT DAWN introduces the essential elements of accompaniment through Betty and Mark's early journey together. Through experiences like midnight firefly fields, dawn bird choruses, and Rouge River outings, you'll discover:
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How beauty creates pathways to connection that remain accessible through cognitive change
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The hidden layers of relationship that operate beneath visible tasks of care
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How integrating head and heart enables love to find its own logic
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Ways of recognizing and protecting what matters most
This isn't just better caregiving but a fundamentally different approach—one that honors the continued personhood of someone facing cognitive change while revealing how both parties might continue growing through this challenging journey.
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Begin your Accompaniment journey with the foundational book. Choose between digital access, a limited edition print copy - or both.
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Book 2: THE SWORD & THE BLESSING
As cognitive changes intensify and challenges multiply, THE SWORD & THE BLESSING navigates the middle passage of accompaniment. Building on the foundations established in Lions at Dawn, this book shows how protection transforms from instinct to strategy to art as companions learn to read patterns both visible and hidden.
Through Betty and Mark's continuing journey, you'll discover:
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The evolution from soldier's duty to warrior's strategy to knight's integration
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How to navigate family dynamics that create powerful currents
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Ways to transform apparent burdens into opportunities for deeper connection
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How to build networks of care connected like pearls on a strand
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Approaches for finding unexpected blessings within apparent limitations
The Sword & The Blessing demonstrates how companions learn to protect what matters most while discovering unexpected blessings within apparent limitations. The book shows how accompaniment reshapes not just the accompanied but the companion—transforming the journey from service into mutual becoming.
Coming Summer 2025. Start your journey now:
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Book 2: BEYOND TIME'S SHORES
A Guide to Sacred Transitions
"If you do not hurry, you will not be late."
—Ancient ferryman's teaching
BEYOND TIME'S SHORES explores territories rarely addressed in conventional approaches to dementia care—the sacred dimensions of cognitive decline, the thresholds between different ways of knowing, and ultimately the passage beyond time itself.
Building on the foundations and strategies established in previous volumes, this final book illuminates the completion of accompaniment's transformational arc. Through Betty and Mark's final chapter together, you'll discover:
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The art of navigating between worlds with increasing fluidity
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Understanding memory not as a single structure but as a complete system with multiple preservation channels
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How certain core memories maintain their shape when others fade
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The emergence of Second Sight and different kinds of perception
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How identity persists through different channels when conventional abilities change
Beyond Time's Shores completes the accompaniment journey by showing how companions navigate final thresholds with wisdom and presence, revealing how what appears as limitation might sometimes become an unexpected doorway to deeper understanding.
Coming Fall 2025. Begin the journey today:
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THE COMPLETE DIGITAL EDITION SERIES
Walking Beside a Beautiful Elder with Dementia
Experience the full arc of transformation through all three books in the Accompaniment Series. This bundle gives you immediate access to Book One: Lions at Dawn, with Books Two and Three delivered directly to your inbox as soon as they're ready.
From the foundational insights of recognizing beauty as gateway to connection, through the strategic protection of what matters most when challenges intensify, to the navigation of sacred transitions and the discovery of how love continues beyond apparent boundaries—this complete digital journey offers a roadmap through territory millions of families navigate each year, mostly without adequate guidance.
The Complete Digital Series includes:
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Immediate access to Lions at Dawn (PDF + ePub formats)
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Priority delivery of The Sword & The Blessing upon completion (Summer 2025)
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Priority delivery of Beyond Time's Shores upon completion (Winter 2025)
THE COMPLETE DIGITAL EDITION SERIES
The journey from foundations to sacred transitions is designed to be experienced as a whole. By choosing the complete digital series, you're not only saving compared to individual purchases but becoming part of the founding circle that makes this essential work possible.
THE COMPLETE PRINT & DIGITAL EDITION SERIES
Walking Beside a Beautiful Elder with Dementia
Experience the full arc of transformation through all three books in the Accompaniment Series. This bundle gives you immediate access to Book One: Lions at Dawn, with Books Two and Three delivered directly to your inbox as soon as they're ready.
From the foundational insights of recognizing beauty as gateway to connection, through the strategic protection of what matters most when challenges intensify, to the navigation of sacred transitions and the discovery of how love continues beyond apparent boundaries—this complete digital journey offers a roadmap through territory millions of families navigate each year, mostly without adequate guidance.
The Complete Digital Series includes:
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Immediate access to Lions at Dawn (PDF + ePub formats)
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Priority delivery of The Sword & The Blessing upon completion (Summer 2025)
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Priority delivery of Beyond Time's Shores upon completion (Winter 2025)
THE COMPLETE PRINT & DIGITAL EDITION SERIES
Become a Core Patron with this limited-edition collector's set of all three books in physical and digital formats. Begin with Lions at Dawn immediately, receiving each subsequent volume in both formats upon release.
This premium supporter tier represents the deepest commitment to the Accompaniment mission. Your contribution directly enables the completion of this transformative work while securing your place as a founding member whose support is acknowledged in the final published editions.
Fundamentals of Accompaniment
Book 1: Lions at Dawn
"Wake up dearest Mumsy," I whispered in the darkened bedroom. "What time is it?" Betty asked, her voice still heavy with sleep. "It's 1 AM." "Is it time for a pad change?" "Yes, but after that I have something very special to show you." "Oooohhhh. That sounds wonderful."
Minutes later, we sat together in an abandoned field witnessing tens of thousands of fireflies—breaking every conventional rule of dementia care and discovering something remarkable in the process.
the Art of Accompaniment
"My job was not to be a soldier carrying out orders, but a Knight offering both protection and blessing. This wasn't just metaphor but practical necessity—the sword alone creates only safety without connection, the blessing alone leaves vulnerability unaddressed. Together, they formed the complete art of accompaniment."