From Shane
Nobody asks the caregiver how the caregiver is doing. I did four years of it and I got good at the logistics and terrible at the rest. Two things, and I mean them: let one person do one real thing for you this week, and stop apologizing for being tired. You are carrying a house on your back. Of course you are tired.
“When life places an obstacle in your path, the only way is through.”— Shane Yerkes
What helped at this mile
- Caregiving: the practical things nobody said
- Caregiver Action Network, for the person holding it
- Talk to Val, any hour, about anything on this site
The book. When you get a night to yourself, this is the book. It will not tell you what to do. It will tell you someone else stood where you are. On the Healing Road
The one next step
Send this mile to someone
"This is where I am" is the truest thing you can send. They land on this page.