When I realized that I was now going to be responsible for another person’s care, I knew it would be difficult. I would have to give a lot more of myself physically and emotionally.
Be available to that person whenever they needed me, whether it be to help them eat or move around or comfort them. The task didn’t disappoint — it was difficult.
But it was the months after the immediate crisis that surprised me the most. My mother has finished active cancer treatment for now.
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