Belonging to Self

An important lesson learned

One of the most important lessons I learned while I was a caregiver for my husband with Alzheimer’s:

You cannot disappear in order to care well for someone else.

When my husband moved into Assisted Living, I felt adrift. I was relieved to have quiet and uninterrupted sleep. Yet I was also unsettled in ways I couldn’t yet name.

I had lost myself in caregivi…