Now Is What Matters

<p>Janet Steward became caregiver for her husband when memory loss joined his list of chronic conditions a few years ago. This moving collection of poems not only documents a couple's journey but they offer a source of insight courage and comfort. More than anything these poems teach us that the practice of love is a lifelong exercise one that is rewarded with a beautiful intimate dance for two.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p class=ql-align-justify>Like colorful strands of yarn threaded across a loom the poems in Janet Steward's <strong><em>Now is What Matters</em></strong> stretch from loss to comfort and from grief to gift weaving a rich tapestry depicting the full picture of caring for a partner suffering from memory loss. The constant thread-the longest and most vivid strand running through the poems-is love. <em>We will swim in its ocean</em> Steward vows. Love she states will <em>feed us for the rest of our lives</em>. Steward bravely lives and beautifully writes poems of truth and wisdom. We are lucky to be warmed by the insight and courage of her words.</p><p><strong>-Annie Lighthart author of <em>PAX</em></strong></p><p><br></p>