"I'm Not Ready For This" - A Memoir by Todd Shimkus

"I'm Not Ready for This" ($25.00)

"I'm Not Ready for This" is a memoir written by Todd Shimkus, and released on March 8, 2023. 

Please note that all proceeds from the sale of this book will be donated to the Amy's Army team in the 2023 Walk to End Alzheimer's.

Q: So what's this book about?

A: On Thursday, March 12, 2020, Todd Shimkus' streak of consecutive days visiting his mom, Amy Shimkus, came to a sudden and unexpected end.

Eight years into her Alzheimer's journey, Amy lived in a nursing home one mile from Todd's home, in Saratoga Springs, New York, where he worked as the President of the Saratoga County Chamber of Commerce. Two days earlier, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic and now the virus, the fear of it, and how the government responded disrupted the Shimkus family's life and the Saratoga economy in more ways and for far longer than anyone could have predicted.

It would be 363 days before Todd and his mom, Amy, were reunited, and more than two years until New York's state of emergency and business restrictions were lifted. Todd's sister, Tracy, called what he did during this time to care for their mom and to save his community, a crusade. In his first memoir, "I'm Not Ready For This" Todd shares what he learned about Alzheimer's, COVID, being a caretaker and a community leader, as well as resilience. 

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