Caregiver Stories

The Weight of Worrying from Far Away

May 28, 2026 / By Cyndi Mariner

There is a unique kind of helplessness that comes with caring for someone you cannot physically reach. When someone you love is struggling with illness, aging, or a crisis from a distance, your mind often fills in the gaps that your eyes cannot see. You wonder how they really sounded on the phone. You analyze the pauses in their texts. You ask yourself if they are minimizing what is happening because they don’t want to worry you

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When love isn’t enough:
Recognizing when your aging parents
need a caregiver

April 30, 2026 / By Guest Blogger

As I have written in other articles, families often gather together for Christmas and the holidays. Adult children may fly in from faraway states, or even countries, to celebrate with loved ones. In our household, one set of elderly parents in their 80s bravely flew in to stay with us in Los Altos from Beijing, and in the other case a trip to Florida to visit 90-year-old Grandma for Christmas was a blessing.

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What I Wish I Had Said Sooner as a Caregiver

April 16, 2026 / By Cyndi Mariner

Mara is an incredible woman who walked a long and determined road advocating for her mother while she was in the hospital. At one point, doctors were ready to place her mother into hospice care—but Mara and her family asked more questions, pushed for more support, and ultimately, her mother recovered and continued living a healthy life.

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When the Caregiver Becomes the Patient

March 26, 2026 / By Cyndi Mariner

We’ve all heard the phrase “walk a day in my shoes.” But the truth is… we rarely know what someone else is carrying. Even those closest to us. Even those we think we understand. Sometimes, we don’t fully understand… until we become the one in need of care. This is the side of caregiving we

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Learning the Shape of the Day You’re In

March 19, 2026 / By Melissa Bartell

March is not a month that settles down.

One day it offers light, energy, and the sense that things might finally be moving forward. The next, it pulls the rug out from under you and asks why you expected consistency in the first place. If March were a person, it would mean well and still change plans at the last minute.

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The Weight of Worrying from Far Away

When love isn’t enough:Recognizing when your aging parentsneed a caregiver

What I Wish I Had Said Sooner as a Caregiver

When the Caregiver Becomes the Patient

Learning the Shape of the Day You’re In

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