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 Michelle Daly | May 14, 2016 | Community Wisdom |
Do you feel like you’re doing the best you can, all the time? No matter how hard I try, it gets to me sometimes. Love alone isn’t enough for me to not lose my cool. Maybe it should be. Maybe it is for you. (is it?). But the pressure mounts…the bills... 
by External Article | Oct 15, 2015 | Baby Boom Generation, Care Work Library, Caregiver Burnout, Caring for a Romantic Partner, Death & Dying, Grief |
George had always taken care of everything — doing the cooking, paying the bills, deciding what we should do for fun and driving us there to do it. When he was diagnosed with metastasized male breast cancer in 2009, he chose to handle his treatment on his own. He... 
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