First-time memoirist, Kathryn Betts Adams, MSW, PhD, grew up in St. Paul, Minnesota and now lives in West Hartford, Connecticut. After a decade of clinical social work practice in mental health, nursing home and substance abuse settings, she served on the faculty of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio for another decade, where she taught social work practice with adults and older adults. She has published over forty research papers on aging-related topics such as family caregiving, geriatric depression and loneliness, and coping with chronic illness. She now writes essays about mental health, aging, and caregiving, which like her memoir, bridge the personal and professional.