Getting Through the Stuff

When a loved one passes away or moves into an assisted living or nursing home environment, you are faced with all the emotions of loss and change. The problem becomes much worse when you find yourself burdened with all of the possessions they leave behind for you to deal with. In Getting Through the Stuff, Marcella Peyre-Ferry recounts her personal experiences in emptying and selling her aunt's home after she was placed in a nursing home, and then coping with a house full of items and a packed storage unit when her mother passed away. She provides helpful insights on how she dealt with the physical possessions and the emotional burdens that come with disposing of another person's lifetime accumulation of stuff. By writing this book and sharing her experiences, she hopes to make it easier for others who are facing similar situations. The book will be helpful to anyone having trouble coping with the possessions of a departed loved one, or helping a family member downsize to smaller living quarters. It will also be helpful to those who are planning for the future, who want to avoid leaving burdens for others to deal with.
About the Author: Marcella Peyre-Ferry is well know in Southeastern Pennsylvania as a regular correspondent for The Daily Local News and Lancaster Intelligencer.. She is also familiar to readers nationwide as a writer for equestrian magazines including Saddle and Bridle, Driving Digest, and Pennsylvania Equestrian. In her first book - Getting Past the Guilt - When a Loved One has Alzheimer's Dementia, she shared her experiences as the care giver for her father, aunt and mother as they went through the mental changes that accompany increasing dementia. For her second book - Getting Through the Stuff - a Loved one Leaves Behind, Peyre-Ferry again shares her own experiences, this time helping readers cope with the emotional and tangible challenges that go along with disposing of a loved one's belongings. Peyre-Ferry is a Graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, and long time horseman as well as writer. She lives in Oxford, PA, with husband, two sons, and an assortment of horses and cats. In her free time she participates in Civil War era dance demonstrations with the Victorian Dance Ensemble, and attends many Renaissance and Medieval Fairs with her son David - a professional sword swallower. She can also be found making artisan jewelry and showing model horses.