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If you have a mother, you need to see the movie and read this.
If you're going through it with a parent or partner, the only way to survive is to hear the experience of others, those who've come before us and survived.
Another truth teller, who does not suffer fools or skirt issues, but has a heart the size of a buffalo.
Advice & info on Caregiving a person with dementia, from a person with dementia.
Because Abigail Thomas. You shouldn't need any other reason.
RKB is spinning more mismatched plates than you'd find at a yard sale: caring for a new baby, an old Mom, an Substack magazine, a live version, romance, interesting notes, reading everything. I aspire to 1/10th of RBK.
Memoir is my favorite genre, if it's yours too, you'll love the short pieces found here.
If you're new to dementia caregiving, this is your best resource with straightforward information on how to navigate the day to day, and what to expect. I suggest scrolling through her backlog...
We might've been sisters if we'd had the same parents, our lives going in opposite directions and coming back together at midlife, change, discovery, and honesty.
The answer is you can if you want to, but you don't have to. Life when you find yourself grown, childless and suddenly single.
Self-described cynical idealist, dealing with life being all lifey and letting us see behind the curtain.