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What It’s Like Coming Out To My Grandmother—Over And Over Again

What It’s Like Coming Out To My Grandmother—Over And Over Again

by External Article | Nov 2, 2022 | Caring for a Grandparent, Generation Z, Long Term Caregiving, Millennial Generation | 0 comments

When Nonna’s memory fails her, she returns to familiar gestures. On a weekend afternoon in winter 2021, she offers me a piece of hard licorice candy, piles of which sit dusty in a crystal dish on her coffee table. She suggests she put on a pot of espresso. Then, she...
Forever: Stories about unbreakable bonds

Forever: Stories about unbreakable bonds

by External Article | Jun 8, 2018 | Care Work Library, Caring for a Parent, Generation X, Occasional Caregiving | 0 comments

After coming out as a lesbian, Alison Smith was given a choice: she could be part of her family, or she could be gay. She didn’t have any contact with her parents again until her mother was dying. Her mom refused to accept her on her death bed. Then her father...

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