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Widow’s Peak

Widow’s Peak

by External Article | Aug 7, 2022 | After Caregiving, Caring for a Romantic Partner, Death & Dying | 0 comments

She said she had something to tell me but that she was afraid. I reached for her trembling hand, telling her sweetly, naïvely, that it would be okay, whatever it was, that we would be okay. She said she’d had leukemia and had thought it was in remission, but it was...
The Lingering of Loss

The Lingering of Loss

by External Article | Jul 15, 2019 | Care Work Library, Caring for a Friend, Generation X, Grief | 0 comments

She’d found out she had leukemia right about when I started trying to get pregnant. Her cells divided. My cells divided. Our selves divided. I’d taken her to the E.R., that very first night, when she felt woozy, really woozy, scary woozy, but, even as she lay in a bed...
No happy endings

No happy endings

by Guest Author | Dec 11, 2018 | Caregiver Stories, Caring for a Parent, Millennial Generation | 0 comments

I will start this off like an AA meeting. Hello, my name is Raven and I became a caregiver in May. I remember waking up that Mother’s Day morning feeling fantastic, I put on this cute high low hobo dress with a wide brim floppy hat and I walked to work. Before...

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