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Never say I didn’t bring you flowers

Never say I didn’t bring you flowers

by External Article | Dec 27, 2020 | Care Work Library, Caring for a Romantic Partner | 0 comments

I was disabled, and she became my legs; over the years, as I grew sicker, I became more and more dependent on her care-giving and support. She always ran ahead of our lives to see whether I could handle the terrain—and I believed that she didn’t mind. I thought she...
I don’t want to be my husband’s caregiver

I don’t want to be my husband’s caregiver

by Guest Author | Jan 11, 2017 | Caregiver Stories | 296 comments

Yes, we both said our vows. But how many of us break them? Most of us, at one point or another. Would he do this if our roles were reversed? Absolutely not. He’d be out of here in a minute. He was cheating on me when his spine was crushed in a car accident. I...

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