My Mother’s Quiet Burden Was My Father’s Fading Mind

My Mother’s Quiet Burden Was My Father’s Fading Mind

by | May 12, 2017 | Care Work Library, Caregiver Burnout, Caregiver Stories, Caregiving Relationships, Caring for a Parent, For Friends & Family, Generation X, Housing, Long Term Caregiving, Occasional Caregiving, Working Family Caregivers | 0 comments

My parents […] had just bought an apartment in Washington to be closer to me, so I could help with my father’s care. My mother claimed he was getting too hard for her to handle on her own, though I never saw it. Whenever I visited them in Florida, he was always...
The End of Regret

The End of Regret

by | Mar 29, 2017 | Finding Meaning, Grief | 1 comment

Unfortunately for many of us, the pain of losing somebody we love, or people we have had a mixed relationship with, can be made worse by the presence of regrets. Mourners can be left struggling with thoughts like, “What could I have done differently?” “I wish I had...