Welcome to my Journey
These are my personal stories, lessons, and learnings that guided me through my father’s end-of-life journey.
"Chosen Family" Care Partner
Recently I learned that a friend is the power-of-attorney and executor for the mother of her ex-husband. Knowing that her divorce hadn’t been amicable, I was surprised by this until Jennifer said...
Read MoreSelf Care Support for Care Partners
“Self-care”, a term that returns 2,970,000,000 results on Google in just 0.60 seconds, and just in typing that search term adds more weight to my shoulders. Self-care for care partners is something...
Read MoreRethinking the Words Family, Care, and Partner
2020 has been quite the year. Yes, this is an overstated understatement. I am not the first person to try to write through my evolving grief in the hopes of making sense of all that is happening,...
Read MoreWho is a Care Partner?
Previously I’ve written about my own disconnection to the term caregiver. In addition to that label not accurately describing the type of care I was offering at any given moment in time, I was also...
Read MoreCare Partners are Different Than Caregivers
As a child I was taught that “sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me.” As an adult, I’ve learned that the reality of word choice or a role label can bring pain or...
Read MoreHope is Not a Strategy
A few weeks ago, I saw the words Hope Is Not A Strategy written on a wall. It resonated with me, deeply. Since reading those words, I’ve thought a lot about “hope” as a concept and how it has...
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