A Thank You to Family Caregivers

You get up every day to do the hard work. Thank you.

Thank you for:

• Making phone call after phone call after phone call after… Who could keep track of all the phone calls you need to make to just get closer to receiving the services and support you need? You do. You keep track.

• Taking a break but not giving up. You give yourself breathers to recover and then you get back to it. It’s tempting to throw in the towel. You may banter it about a bit but you keep carrying it.

• Understanding the nuance of sometimes holding your tongue and sometimes speaking out. Using that nuance effectively is a rare skill.

• Delegating, organizing, monitoring, scheduling, providing, caring. Each moment requires so much of you.

• Crying when you can. You have so many reasons for tears to fall and yet few opportunities to safely shed them. We understand the challenge of letting it out and are grateful to you when you do.

It’s difficult to capture all you do in a simple post.

What can we thank you for doing, making, creating today?

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