The Art of Caring (ePub)

FOREWORD
The title illustrates the unique meaning of this memoir. It's an account of two men from vastly different circumstances, who gave each other the gift of healing. One, a thriving artist with a home and family in an affluent suburb. The other, homeless, alienated from family, barely surviving each day. The memoir is his story, masterfully told in his own voice by author Marla Jacobson. As he describes his childhood, it's as if we are sitting with him and hearing the emotion. We feel his pain, sadness and isolation, growing up in the projects on the South Side of Chicago. We come to realize the significance of belonging to a gang, when a person has been marginalized in other aspects of their lives.
We feel the struggle to redeem himself, and become someone of value. Throughout the painful circumstances of his life, a caring heart continued to beat. A chance meeting with a successful artist, someone who saw him as a person equally as valuable as himself, changed everything for both of them. This extraordinary memoir will touch hearts, and perhaps even change how we view each other. No matter our economic state, social status, cultural background or skin color, we are all valuable and deserving of love by practicing the art of caring for each other.
J.G. Holtrop, Author, "Wall of Fire" and coming soon, "The Revelation"