Story By: Todd Simkover After nearly ten years of front-line work in the autism field, in the spring of 2009 I faced a daunting decision: remain in a role deemed […]
THE GUILT A DISABLED PERSON FEELS IN A ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP
I recently did an Instagram Live with two women who are both caregivers to their husbands (they are also guest writers on The Graceful Boon) for different reasons. We had […]
THE IMPORTANCE OF TAKING CARE OF YOURSELF AS A CARETAKER
Story By: Meriam Boldewijn If you had asked me 20 years ago if it was possible to live a balanced life while caring for others, I would have said NO […]
WHAT BEING A CARETAKER TO MY HUSBAND AND BROTHER ENTAILS
Story By: Meriam Boldewijn What most people know about me is that I love traveling and that I was the owner of a web shop in exclusive clothing for full-figured […]
MY HUSBAND WAS PRONOUNCED CANCER-FREE. WHAT’S NEXT?
Story By: Ashley Jackson In March 2020, my husband, Troy was pronounced cancer free, and we were so overjoyed. After battling for almost three years, we finally got the miracle […]
A PEEK INTO A LIFE OF A CAREGIVER
Story By: Ashley Jackson I will never forget March 28, 2017, when the doctor told us that my fiancé, Troy, had Stage 4 squamous cell carcinoma of the nasal cavity. […]
DEAR CANCER – AN OPEN LETTER TO A CANCER DIAGNOSIS
Story By: Ashley Jackson Dear Cancer, Why did you enter my life? You turned it upside down and inside out. Why did you pick my loved one? Making him hurt […]
THE SEXISM THAT COMES WITH AN INVISIBLE ILLNESS
Betty White lived to be 99 years old, and was just 17 days away from turning 100 before she passed away on New Year’s Eve 2021. Of course, she died […]
HEALING DOESN’T MEAN THE DAMAGE NEVER EXISTED
Story By: Candace-Anne Katherine Healing doesn’t mean the damage never existed. It means the damage no longer controls our lives” ___Aksahy Dubey Quote My 30’s were the least enjoyable of […]
CHOOSE YOUR HARD – A BIPOLAR DISORDER EDITION
Story By: Michelle Reittinger Choose Your Hard! “Choose your hard” has become a mantra for me over the past decade as I have gradually learned how to live well with […]