Mom Showed Me What It Means to Be a Caregiver
My mother is an extraordinary woman. She inspires me to be a better person. She has spent seven years selflessly…
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My mother is an extraordinary woman. She inspires me to be a better person. She has spent seven years selflessly…
Continue ReadingCaregiver. Nurse. Custodian. Mother. Parent. Daughter. Son. Rinse, lather, repeat. If you had told me 10 years ago (heck, even…
Continue ReadingI was online, searching old Amazon orders for a part we’d bought for our 1998 Buick Regal. The car was…
Continue ReadingI have about 40 or more saved voicemail messages in my phone from my mom and dad, (mostly my mom…
Continue ReadingI’m living smack in the middle of a generational sandwich. If you haven’t heard the term before, “sandwich generation” refers…
Continue ReadingI call my sister for another update on Mom. Last week had been my week to help out. Our mother…
Continue ReadingI have two young boys, ages seven and two. I am their momma. My own mother is not well, and…
Continue ReadingShe looked up at me from her seat at the table and her face lit up with joy. She made…
Continue ReadingDear Mom, You have made me a much better person lately but not in the usual ways. It was your…
Continue ReadingI am an only child. My parents didn’t plan it this way, but life and biology, as you know, rarely…
Continue ReadingFor many, they see a hand, wrinkled and old, limp and lying still. For me, I see the hand that…
Continue ReadingI miss my mom. The things I miss about her surprise me. I miss how easily she put an elaborate…
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