“You didn’t plan to become their caretaker. But here you are.”
Holding Space — a memoir for every adult child who became the lifeline, and a journal to put what you’re carrying.
When love asks everything of you — what do you give?
Book Summary
In Holding Space, Deidra Jackson opens her heart in a deeply personal memoir about caring for her Vietnam veteran father. What began as helping with meals and doctor visits became a profound journey of faith, endurance, and rediscovering grace in the “long middle” between duty and love.
Honest, tender, and unflinchingly human, this book is a companion for every caregiver who has ever felt invisible while holding everyone else together — and every woman balancing the competing demands of motherhood, marriage, and leadership.
Through moments of exhaustion and extraordinary love, Jackson reminds us that grace lives even in the hardest days — and that love, in its quietest form, is still enough.
About the Journal
Unscripted lined pages for free writing. No prompts, no guided questions. A quote from the memoir appears every 20th page — quietly, like a hand on the shoulder. The journal holds space for the reader the same way Deidra learned to hold it for her father.
Meet the Author
Deidra Jackson is a storyteller, wife, and mother who balances being a fast-paced corporate executive by day with being a loving daughter and caregiver by heart. Through Holding Space, she shares her journey of faith, endurance, and rediscovering grace while caring for her Vietnam veteran father.
She lives with her husband and children, cherishing the ordinary moments that become extraordinary with love and gratitude.