Ouch! That hurt! Today we dismantled another closet filled with bags and boxes from the time I unexpectedly became a full-time family caregiver and watched my life-at-that-time disintegrate. Opening this chapter again felt raw as I unpacked the contents of these bags for the first time since 2007. During the eighteen months I was a […]
Today we will begin a 3-month project to unpack boxes from a sudden move that happened in 2007. These boxes were packed in a hurry and stored/sat as a 15’W x 15’L x 6’H block in my mother-in-law’s basement for 18 months while I became a displaced person and took on the role of primary […]
If someone had called me a homebody before now, I may have been offended or at least puzzled, as my focus during my work (as an experience design consultant, a family caregiver, and now a cause-founder/champion) has not been on being at home, or home life, but on the work itself: consulting way more than […]
“Clean the closet” is likely among the very last things to do on a long-term carer’s list of to-dos when home care and or visits to doctors, the hospital, or the assisted living is higher on the list of priorities. When long-term caring for loved ones extends for years and years, it is not uncommon […]
