About Sheila and Bob

Sheila and Bob Martin at Sandy Hook

Sheila says …

I was born in Calgary, Alberta (Canada), grew up in British Columbia, and have lived in Ottawa, Montreal, Cambridge (England), and Halifax.

I received an honors degree in sociology from Simon Fraser University, and I’ve always had a curiosity about other cultures, and other ways of doing things.

These days, Bob and I live with our 15-year-old cat, Boomer, in a home overlooking the Strait of Georgia, on British Columbia’s beautiful Sunshine Coast.

Writing and publishing have always been part of my life. I could read at age three and by 11, I was publishing a family newspaper.

In 1986, my sister Toni and I coauthored and self-published a cookbook called Food from the Heart … which we sold at craft fairs, giving away samples of Toni’s scrumptious Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars, to attract hungry buyers. We called our publishing company Sea Breeze Press.

Three years later, while I was working on a book to help survivors of death in the family, my sister was diagnosed with a brain tumor.Toni lived to help celebrate the publication of that book, but a few months after her second surgery, she died. I miss her every day.

In honour of our long-ago publishing venture, Sea Breeze Press, I called my online company, Sea Breeze Digital Publishing Inc.

More of our websites

Among my other information products are: A Eulogy to Remember (advice on how to write and deliver a eulogy), Saying Goodbye with Love (where you can find a step-by-step guide through the details of death), Freedom from Fibromyalgia (practical help from a woman who’s been there), and Preparing for Surgery (based on the Happy Hyst package, but without the specifics relating to hysterectomies).

My husband, Bob, has caught the web-building bug too and has launched several sites, including Custom-Car-Rims.com and Discount-Tires-Online.com

For caregivers of elderly parents

Are you caring for an elderly parent or spouse with Alzheimer’s or dementia? You’re not alone.

My sweet Mom, Fay, moved in with us in 2006, when her physical health became more fragile. I’d been denying it to myself for years, but her mental health was declining too. That led me to learn everything I could about Alzheimer’s and other dementias … and how to care for people who have them.

For the last few months of her life, Mom was cared for in a Complex Care facility. She died ever so gently on March 1, 2010.

One of the projects I have in mind for the not-too-distant future is a brand-new, multi-media site —The Exhausted Caregiver — especially for caregivers of people with Alzheimers and other dementias.

Video, audio, checklists, interviews, and more.

Sign up here and you’ll be the first to learn news of our launch … coming soon!