BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Library Market//iCal Export//EN BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Author Event! Peggy Sweeney-McDonald Talks about Pink Cloud Moment s UID:27987 DTSTAMP:20260409T155500Z DTSTART:20260529T000000Z DTEND:20260529T013000Z LOCATION:4747 West Napoleon Ave, Metairie, LA 70001, United States ROOM: Jefferson & Napoleon Rooms DESCRIPTION:Peggy Sweeney-McDonald will discuss her new book Grief, Caregi ving and Pink Cloud Moments at 7 p.m., Thursday, May 28, at the East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon, Metairie. This event is free of char ge and open to the public.When Peggy Sweeney-McDonald’s mother was diagn osed with Alzheimer’s, she returned home to Louisiana with her husband t o move in with her parents. What began as a temporary plan became a profou nd homecoming — a journey of caregiving, surrender, and rediscovering gr ace.Her family entered what she calls “the A-Zone” — a sacred path t hrough illness, grief, laughter, and unexpected beauty. Through vivid stor ytelling and Southern warmth, Sweeney-McDonald captures both the heartbrea k and the special moments that defined her mother’s final years.Peggy Sw eeney-McDonald is a Louisiana-born storyteller, actress, and creative prod ucer. She is the creator and host of the Life in the A-Zone podcast, insp ired by her bittersweet journey of caring for her mother with Alzheimer’ s, which has been downloaded in more than 30 countries. Sweeney-McDonald i s also the author of Meanwhile, Back at Café Du Monde… Life Stories Ab out Food and the creator of Pink Cloud Moments, a collection of journals that celebrate grace, creativity, and the beauty of everyday life. She li ves in Baton Rouge with her husband and her 90-year-old father.For more in formation regarding this event, contact Chris Smith, Manager of Adult Prog ramming for the library, at 504-889-8143 or wcsmith@jefferson.lib.la.us. URL:https://calendar.jplibrary.net/event/author-event-peggy-sweeney-mcdona ld-talks-about-pink-cloud-moments-27987 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR