The Ripple Effect
2 min readDec 31, 2022
Reflections on Caregiving
On June 19th, my mother peacefully left this earth. Since then, I’ve been reflecting on my eight months of intense caregiving, primarily how our presence can have an impact on others. For those eight months, I stepped into mom’s bubble, playing improv with Alzheimer’s while soaking up the intermittent glimmers of my mom’s persona. Her death forced me out of that sacred space and upon my exit, the response…
