When is enough, enough?

When is enough, enough?

I walked in the door at 7:30 tonight after being out since 8:15 this morning. My day consisted of working with kindergarteners for 7 hours, picking my daughter up from track practice, driving 40 minutes to her voice lesson and 40 minutes home, and a stop for Chinese...
Caregiver frustration

Caregiver frustration

No matter how rewarding caregiving can be or how much we love the person we’re caring for, caregiving is frustrating. Frustration just comes with the package. We’re human and caregiving inevitably involves situations and tasks that are inherently...
Amy Seimetz on moving home to Florida to care for her dad after a series of strokes

Amy Seimetz on moving home to Florida to care for her dad after a series of strokes

After her father had a stroke, Amy Seimetz moved home to care for him. She juggled her work as an actor and a filmmaker while making medical decisions for her dad and providing supportive care for three years until he died. Her experience as a caregiver — facing...
Teachable Moments

Teachable Moments

When my husband’s tumor was first discovered, our children were only ages 9, 7, and 5. They were really too young to be kept in the loop about what was happening, and we went out of our way to hide it all. They were too young to hear about doctors, illness, tests, and...
A Life

A Life

by Katherine Flannery Dering, author of Shot in the Head, a Sister’s Memoir, a Brother’s Struggle When I started working on my memoir about taking care of my brother Paul, who suffered from schizophrenia and then lung cancer, I didn’t know how people...