Blog of My Mom

Download Your Checklist HERE Finding the perfect Care Provider (Paid Caregiver) to work in your home with your loved one can be a task. I was lucky to find Paige, who both mommy and I loved endlessly, but the...
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Someone left a comment on another blog post that resonated with me. She was in the hospital, sitting next to her 94-year-old mother, exhausted and unsure. She commented that she felt guilty just asking for 1 day of respite, at...
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I start by sharing my grief. Some people get really angry when you talk about grief on the internet. I've shared my grief and all that comes along with it this year and I never cease to get the "OK...
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"Get you a mani-pedi" "Light some candles and drink wine girl" The number of times that I have been told to do surface-level tasks to feel better about myself is innumerable. And I always wondered why I rarely felt a...
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My third year of caregiving I had a mental breakdown, I hadn't dealt with the multiple losses, the death of my grandmother, and the transition from being a daughter to becoming a caregiver and the crazy amount I had accumulated...
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