Indispensable
As primary caregiver, I kept things running smoothly for my parents, who both had multiple health problems and limited mobility. Mom could no longer cook or keep house due to…
As primary caregiver, I kept things running smoothly for my parents, who both had multiple health problems and limited mobility. Mom could no longer cook or keep house due to…
Guest Post by Mary Ann Featherston I knew today was going to be difficult. I had a hard time sleeping last night because I kept thinking about the what-ifs. What…
It had been a rough year. My mom’s memory began deteriorating at an alarming rate. Then she lost the ability to walk and all but the rudiments of speech. We…
Guest post by Jonna J. LeVan It is so hard. My heart leaped, then sank when I opened an email that said I had been awarded a writers conference scholarship.…
I think I met a hobbit the other day. He bounded onto the playground with his dad who was trying—but failing—to keep up. His round little face, halo of curly…
Guest post by Lettie Kirkpatrick Whisman My only daughter lived nineteen years with a terminal muscle disease—she never walked or weighed more than fifty-five pounds. She had to be dressed,…