The Truth of It
Carolyn MaloneWriting the truth about grief, disability, and caregiving from lived experience.
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Changing Course
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I drove around town bleary-eyed and in a bad mood. Deprived of sleep, I yelled at the car in front of me, willing it to move faster the second the light turned green.
“Can we move any slower, people?”
A...
The Question That Keeps Me Up At Night
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How long will this caregiving season last? This is one of many questions that keep me up at night.
Will I be doing this for five years? Ten years? Two decades?
I worry that my partner will die. Of cours...
What Is Your Reality?
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“It wasn’t helpful at all,” I blurted out to the dietitian, referring to the sample menu she gave to us during our last visit.
Her eyes furrowed. “What do you mean?”
Then came the verbal vomit:
“I mean it real...
Yes, I Charged My Partner — And He Paid
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Yes, I charged my partner for labor—and he paid.
After spending 40 hours collecting nutritional data on various foods for my partner’s Stage 4 chronic kidney disease, I handed him a binder cataloging all 68 food...
The Quiet Power of Determination
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I am not ambitious in the traditional sense of the word, nor am I lazy. I am determined.
I read countless essays and notes on Substack and elsewhere where people praise ambition. If you’re not ambitious,...
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Writer telling the truth about caregiving, grief, and disability from lived experience — without softening the edges, and without flinching from what it means to live honestly in a difficult life. Work republished by Mamamia (Australia).
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