Our esteemed author, Christine Thelker, participated in a well-attended online book launch event hosted by Noelannah Neubauer, PhD of the University of Alberta, the past Thursday, November 12th, at 2 pm local time. She launched her book, For This I Am Grateful, online for all her fans and book enthusiasts. The event was hosted via Zoom and featured a panel of distinguished authors and other speakers in alignment, with Thelker discussing her story. Check out the book launch event here. Thelker’s book, For This I Am Grateful, discusses her struggles with dementia and how she managed to overcome the illness with determination and confidence. The book aims at helping others fight the mental disease, allowing them to look at life with a positive perspective. As soon as she was diagnosed with dementia, Christine joined the Dementia Alliance International, DAI, where she worked on her illness with the rest of the staff and affectees. There she learnt that life with dementia can be wonderful too. The insight led her to begin dementia advocacy and put all her experiences in a memoir for others to get inspired. Grab your copy of the memoir here. Christine Thelker is a 60-year-old passionate writer who suffers from dementia, but with time she has learnt to cope with the illness. She resides in Vernon BC, where she continues to inspire others with her positive outlook on life. Aside from writing and dementia advocacy, she loves to spend time with her dog, in the garden and with her family and close friends.