Another Bite-Sized Story to Make You Feel Good

Today Patty welcomes Mark Steven Porro, a New Jersey native who spent 28 years in Hollywood, to discuss his bestselling, award-winning debut memoir, A Cup of Tea on the Commode. The book is about caring for his mother during the final three and a half years of her life after a near-death experience in 2011.

Mark explains the title’s origin from a daily bedside commode routine that included his mother’s favorite tea. And he shares how hospice taught him hands-on caregiving tasks such as treating bed sores, changing diapers, sponge bathing, and managing stress.

Porro describes using humor to handle difficult moments, recounts stories about both parents, and notes a caregiver health crisis that led to emergency surgeries. He also talks about creating the organic snack brand Grandpa Po’s Originals, life in the south of France, and an upcoming second book, Slightly Unsalted, focused on his father.

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