Life in the A-Zone

Author: Peggy Sweeney McDonald

Peggy Sweeney-McDonald, actress, producer and author of Meanwhile, Back at Cafe Du Monde... Life Stories About Food shares her journey of moving back to Baton Rouge, Louisiana after 36 years when her mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer's. These are her heartfelt stories of love, laughter, loss and life in the A-Zone.
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Genres: Personal Journals, Relationships, Society & Culture

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Healing Through Storytelling: The Life in the A-Zone Book Launch
Episode 25
Friday, 27 February, 2026

A memoir writing class at the 2019 Louisiana Book Festival planted the seed. During COVID in 2020, I began sharing my caregiving stories from a walk-in closet—creating the Life in the A-Zone podcast. That journey became my memoir, Life in the A-Zone: How I Embraced My Mother’s Alzheimer’s—One Pink Cloud Moment at a Time, along with two Pink Cloud Moments companion journals. This episode captures the heart behind the book launch. Because sometimes healing our grief begins the moment we tell the truth out loud. #memoir #caregiving #alzheimers #dementia #podcast #family #caregiverjourney #grief #healing #storytelling #journaling #author #writing