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Finding Light in Caregiving-Mom & Dad's Adventures

✨ Introducing: Finding Light in Caregiving – Mom & Dad’s Adventures
✨ Introducing: Finding Light in Caregiving – Mom & Dad’s Adventures

Starting this week, I’ll be sharing real stories from my parents’ daily adventures — with their full permission and enthusiastic participation.

These aren’t clinical case studies or sugar-coated inspiration pieces. These are raw, real, sometimes ridiculous moments that somehow bring our family closer together.


I’m writing these stories as a daughter, not as a therapist nor care manager offering advice. Through caregiving, my mom is learning she doesn’t have to be perfect — and my dad is learning he can still be himself. Together, they’re finding ways to laugh through the hard moments and hold onto each other in the midst of it all.


🌿 Story Sneak Peek

Like the time Mom decided to walk the lawn mower around an entire city block to clean an alley, Dad brought a giant axe to “help,” and chaos ensued involving broken equipment, pouring rain, and dirt flying into dinner plates. 🚜💥


💡 Why I’m Sharing These Stories

Because I know there are families out there who need to hear this:

  • It’s okay to laugh during the hard times

  • Finding joy doesn’t mean you’re not taking the illness seriously

  • You’re not alone in the beautiful chaos of caregiving

  • Love shows up in the messiest, most unexpected moments

  • Sometimes the “disasters” become your favorite memories


❤️ What You Can Expect

📖 Real family stories that make you laugh (and maybe cry)💡 Gentle insights about finding resilience in difficult times🤝 A community where caregivers can share their own adventures🌟 Proof that love and laughter can coexist with loss and fear


💬 To My Fellow Caregivers

You are seen. You are appreciated. You are not alone.

And yes, it’s absolutely okay to find moments of pure joy even in the midst of the hardest chapters.


👨‍👩‍👧 To My Parents

Thank you for letting me share our story. Your courage, humor, and love inspire me every single day.


🌻 Follow Along

Follow our journey and share your own:#MomAndDadAdventures | #FindingLightInCaregiving


Drop a ❤️ if you’re ready to walk this road with us. Share a 🌟 if you have your own caregiving adventure to tell.

Stay tuned… 😅


— Renee Martinez-Epperson, MSW

Antlers Creek Caregiver Foundation, Inc.

A Colorado nonprofit supporting caregivers and families


 
 
 

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