Our Stories — Caregivers

Watching your loved one battle an illness while juggling caregiving responsibilities can take its toll. Here, Joy shares her story as both a daughter and a caregiver to her beloved mom - the deep joy, the profound sadness, and the wisdom gleaned from it all. 1. It will not feel real. At first. Cancer is what happens to people I read about in the papers. It is what afflicts characters in movies I cry over. It isn’t something I ever imagine will happen to me – until it does. And when it did, I barely had time for it to...