by Jnette | Sep 18, 2020 | Caregiving, Mid-life Recovery, Sandwich Generation, self-care, Uncategorized
There’s a post that went viral on Facebook in 2019 and has since been floating around on the interwebs and was the topic of many blog posts. It was a quote from Nakita Valerio that said, “Shouting “self-care” at people who actually need...
by Jnette | Sep 15, 2020 | Caregiving, Mid-life Recovery, self-care, Uncategorized
Last weekend, I hit a wall. The combination of the pandemic stress, my mom’s increasing needs, and my own struggle to keep connected with my children and husband in the midst of our busy and strained schedules, collided into me like a train, and I was knocked...
by Jnette | Jul 19, 2020 | Caregiving, Mid-life Recovery, Sandwich Generation, self-care, Uncategorized
I have been a caregiver for my mom longer than I have been a mom. In 1984 my mother was diagnosed with an illness. She was hospitalized, surgery performed and then sent home months later with a ton of medications and a whole new way of maneuvering through life. One of...
by Jnette | May 31, 2020 | Caregiving, Uncategorized
It’s 8:49 p.m. on a Thursday. I have been up since 5:30 a.m. and have worked a full workday, helped my kids with school, done some housekeeping, made dinner for my family. After dinner, I went to my mom’s to help her sort through some issues with her...
