11/01/2026
This is Grama Gloria, eating her dinner like any other evening.
What you don't see are the hours before. The gentle wrestling. Her being really mean. The patience stretched thin. The love it takes to help someone who doesn't understand why any of it is happening, and to do it while reminding yourself constantly that its the disease, not her.
I honestly had a moment and told God, Lord if this is in the plan for me, pls take me before hand because I dont want this for my girls! (Real moment)
Most people have no idea what it's like to care for a loved one living with dementia. The work is invisible. The exhaustion is invisible. And the people who show up and do it every single day, in homes all over this country, deserve ten times what they're paid. Period❗️❗️
Here's what I want you to hear, because I sit across from families every week:
The people who love you should not have to become your caregivers. They should be your advocates. The ones who hire and direct the gifted, trained professionals who do this work with skill and grace.
That's what family care planning buys. Not just a benefit. A different life for the people who love you.
We're blessed to be able to show up for Grama Gloria. Not every family gets to choose that, and too many learn too late that this was a conversation worth having sooner.
Have it now. With your people, and with someone like me who can show you the options and speak from experience. It hits different..