by External Article | May 10, 2018 | Care Work Library, Caring for a Grandparent, Millennial Generation |
I think I’m supposed to feel badly that my grandmother doesn’t always recognize me, but I don’t. That’s nothing new. I made her cry in the middle of Back to School Night my senior year of high school, when she said, “You aren’t gay, are you?” Now, to protect... 
by External Article | Nov 10, 2017 | After Caregiving, Care Work Library, Caring for a Parent, Generation X, Grief, Long Term Caregiving |
I see my mother as a woman whose life had been bottlenecked by pain. First, her trauma was unresolved. Then it became stagnant, then rotten, then completely toxic, eventually destroying her body, just like it had her mind. Her sadness grew bigger and she got smaller... by External Article | Mar 23, 2017 | Care Work Library, Caring for a Sibling, Grief, Millennial Generation, Occasional Caregiving |
When someone who needs help doesn’t accept it, you become infuriated, and then you become resigned. But when the consequences of their trespasses become your consequences and they just lie, ruin and avoid in the face of what has become your sacrifice, then hatred... 
by External Article | Mar 13, 2015 | Care Work Library, Caregiver Burnout, Caring for a Client, Caring for a Parent, Generation X, Housing, Planning, Sandwich Generation, The Paid Perspective |
I remember, as a brand new bride, my new mother in law grasping my arm before I even left the sanctuary. Smiling at me, she burbled, “I’m so glad he married you! Now I won’t ever have to be in a nursing home!” My mother once informed me that, as the only... 
by External Article | May 19, 1996 | Care Work Library, Caring for a Parent, Death & Dying, Grief |
I made many choices that night; some were smart, some stupid, some crazy. I believed, deep down, my father would indeed kill himself, sooner or later; I knew my mother was in danger [H]e knelt on the floor, put the barrel of a .22 rifle in his mouth, and squeezed the... 
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