Caregiver Stories

Five Things I’ve Learned from Birdwatching

I’ve been fascinated by birds for as long as I can remember. As a child in New Jersey, birdsong woke me almost every day in spring and summer. In Califiornia, hummingbirds regularly visited my back yard. In Texas, I had regular visits from bluejays and cardinals and a family of doves who liked to nest in the birdfeeder. Now that I live on Florida’s Nature Coast, my birdwatching has expanded. A flock of ibis regularly struts through my neighborhood like a gang of street thugs, a family of cardinals is nesting in my crepe myrtle, eagles (including bald eagles!) are everywhere, and the shore birds are a marvel to watch – egrets, herons, sand pipers, seagulls, and sandhill cranes are at every beach, and most of our neighborhood ponds.

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The Walker

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I’ve come to recognize a particular sound. The sound of a walker as it thumps, drags, and scrapes across the floor. My husband, Mark, is now using a walker. I’m not sure if he is pushing the walker or the walker is pulling him. Whichever it is, I am grateful it is keeping my husband

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The Inside Job of Caregiving

The Inside Job of Caregiving

  My journey through deep loss was also a transformation back into my heart. This deeply personal odyssey began with my husband’s spinal cord stroke that shook the very foundation of our lives. A long caregiving chapter had begun—a period marked by chaos and obstacles that tested my resilience and demanded introspection and understanding of

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Rhyming Memories

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1973 I am three years old and can’t even read yet, but my grandmother can. She is sitting with me on the black, floral, sectional couch in her living room, holding a green book that hasn’t had a dust cover since my mother was young. It’s a grown-up book – no pictures, just words –

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