My Sister Was The Only Person In The World With Her Developmental Disorder And Until She Died, I Defined Myself As Her Caregiver

My Sister Was The Only Person In The World With Her Developmental Disorder And Until She Died, I Defined Myself As Her Caregiver

by | Sep 23, 2015 | 24/7 Caregiving, Care Work Library, Caregiver Stories, Caregiving Relationships, Caring for a Sibling, Grief, Housing, Long Term Caregiving, Millennial Generation, Planning | 0 comments

My first memory of Kara was during my mother’s pregnancy. I was three years old and my mother held me in a rocking chair and said, “I’m going to have a baby, but the baby is very sick.” The amount of care that Kara required impacted most aspects of my life. We rarely...