About Cristian
Romanian Author | Parkinson's Caregiver | Storyteller
When my mother began her silent war against dementia, I became her full-time companion and quiet witness. In Whispers From the Attic, I shares an intimate and unfiltered look into the journey of caregiving — the moments of confusion, the flashes of humor, and the unconditional love that anchored us through it all.
I hope this book brings comfort, strength, and understanding to everyone walking the same difficult path.
How a Son Became a Caregiver — And a Writer
I never imagined I’d become an author. I certainly never imagined I’d become a full-time caregiver at 42.
When Mom was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2009, our lives changed overnight. But it wasn’t until the dementia symptoms began that I realized I was facing a battle I couldn’t win — but one I’d fight anyway.
I left my job. I left my plans. I stayed home in Romania, watching the woman who raised me slowly disappear behind a fog of confusion and fear.
Writing became my therapy. Late at night, after Mom finally fell asleep, I’d sit in the kitchen and write. I wrote about the good days and the impossible days. I wrote about the whispers from the attic — the hallucinations that terrified her. I wrote about love, grief, and the strange space between them.
Whispers From the Attic is that journal, shaped into something I hope can help others feel less alone.
This isn’t a story with a happy ending. It’s a story that’s still being written. And I’m sharing it because I believe there’s hope even in the hardest chapters — hope that love matters, that caregiving matters, that we’re not alone in this.
Why Share Something So Personal?
Because silence makes it harder.
When I was searching for guidance, for understanding, for hope — I found medical articles and statistics. What I needed was a human story. I needed to know I wasn’t the only one cleaning up midnight messes, answering the same question for the hundredth time.
If my story can be that for someone else, then every hard day we’ve endured will have mattered even more.
