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Spilling the Caregiver Tea Room
Nobody prepares you for the emotional whiplash of caregiving — the repeated stories, imagined arguments, silent resentment, constant vigilance, and the strange grief of watching someone slowly become someone else. This is what life has looked like lately as we navigate the possibility of dementia under one roof. Read more
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One Long Line at at Time
I mowed the grass yesterday. One long line at a time. No circles. No squares. Just lines. A thing I can control in my life. Or at least that’s how it feels these days. Read more
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This is My Life Now
I took a trip to Ohio last week to help my daughter with some house chores. Well, Will really was the one helping. He was on a ladder doing some exterior painting. I was actually super tired and pretty useless. Getting away from our “new life” helping take care of Will’s mom and her house… Read more
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Is it Burnout or am I Disappearing Again?
Yesterday was a super good day. My sister and my mom came over and had lunch with Will’s mom (Martha) and I. Martha has a really nice house that she and her husband built in 2001 when they (she) decided she was tired of moving and even if Bill (her husband) had to travel for… Read more
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Once Upon a Time in ’94
I filed for divorce today. I thought I would be happier about it, but it’s kind of sad. Like a small little death that I knew was coming but didn’t actually think it would ever get here. I got married in 1994. I was barely an adult and he was even younger. We were stupid… Read more
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75 Days and Counting
It’s been 75 Days since we closed the door to the U-Haul in Myrtle Beach and opened it in Knoxville. Seventy-five days of packing, sorting, cleaning, grieving, reacquainting and trying to find a new normal. It’s a weird thing to live in someone else’s house and sort through someone else’s life when they are still… Read more
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