Caregiving
Alone
Fiction Mindy sits in the neurologist’s waiting room. To her right and left, patients—most with pinched brows and downturned lips—flip…
On Flowing Love and Tears: A Window into Postpartum Depression
Photographed By: Tzvi Feifel “You’re going to feel love like you’ve never felt it before.” That’s what they told me.…
Watching Grandparents Age and Holding On To The Goodies
“Bubbie, do you remember all those amazing desserts you used to bake for us for Pesach?” We are sitting at…
The Warriors, Mother and Son
I take a right turn out of the elevator and walk toward the wall of windows facing the street. It’s…
Barbara’s Story: Giving Care, Giving Love
(1/5) “Decisions Needed to Be Made” “It was a reaction to the circumstance. I was trying to get my parents…
Learning From Caregiving
Some of us may be born with caregiving DNA or have it wired into our temperament. Caregiving is certainly shaped…
In My Story Of Parenting a Chronically Ill Child, I Choose To Be The Protagonist.
Early in my teaching career before I had kids, I had a conference with a mother whose son was doing…
Finding Myself While Sandwiched In-Between
As a social worker providing therapy for older adults, I have been acutely aware of the toll that caregiving takes…
Brooke’s Story: Love Beyond Loss
I first met with Brooke when she was with her young daughter at a new rehabilitation center, and having grown…
Bassie’s Story: Growing With Love
This profile was brought to The Layers Project through a partnership with New Jersey Yachad. I met Yosef 6 years ago,…
Golda’s Story: Atypical Blessings
I first met Golda and her husband in Camp HASC, a summer camp for children and adults with special needs.…