This is an excerpt from the New York Times article “The High-Wire Act of Caregiving and Saving for Retirement” written by Constance Sommer “Tara Driver would love to retire before age 70. But it’s not going to be easy. The 51-year-old’s finances are still recovering from the hit they took more than a decade ago, …
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Excerpt from the article in “The Hollywood Reporter” written by James Hibberd on August 15, 2023. Emma Heming Willis posted a candid update about her struggle amid her husband Bruce Willis’ dementia battle. The Willis family publicly revealed in 2022 that the 68-year-old Pulp Fiction star was diagnosed with aphasia and was retiring from acting. Since then, Heming …
This is an excerpt from the Outkick article written by Amber Harding “Some things are way more important than baseball. Veteran MLB pitcher Chad Kuhl announced Friday he would be taking time away from the sport while his wife, Amanda, battles breast cancer. He also thanked fans on Instagram for donating in his drive to help others …
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Aubrey Martin is a 27 year old woman whose melanoma returned and metastasized to her lymph nodes, collarbone, and right arm. Throughout her health ordeal, her husband Drew has been by her side. They were married six years ago and have two children – ages four and two years old. Drew has been working and …
Hilary is a 35-year-old breast cancer survivor, who was diagnosed in 2018 and went through a left mastectomy and reconstruction, and who is still on hormonal therapy. Hilary was married in 2020, but, in 2021, her husband passed away at 38 years old. Throughout this time, her mother, Mary Jo, has taken care of her, …
This is an excerpt from the Baltimore Sun article “Dementia’s greed: The condition claimed my mother’s personality and my father’s happiness | GUEST COMMENTARY” written by Gregory Tucker. “Dementia in its various forms is rarely satisfied with only one victim in a family. In mine, it has claimed both parents, though only Mom has been …
Kimberly Nolet is a 47 year old woman who was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer in January 2019 and has been undergoing periods of aggressive treatment since. Her husband Philip is an Air Force veteran and they have four children. Kimberly describes Philip as a man with “the biggest heart” who “supports the family financially …
This is an excerpt from the article The Agony of Putting Your Life on Hold to Care for Your Parents written by Jaeah Lee for the New York Times. Randi Schofield tried her best to not dwell on all the ways her life changed, on the pieces of herself that got lost in the shuffle. …
Candice is a cancer survivor, who at the age of 39, was diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer. Her husband, David, was her everything during 6 months of chemotherapy, surgery, and 33 rounds of radiation. He took care of Candice while caring for their now 2 ½ year old son and worked full time. Candice …
Ingrid Heidelberg-Williams is a 52 year old woman who is battling metastatic breast cancer and currently undergoing a bruising round of chemotherapy after a mastectomy. She wanted to thank her mother Patrice “who has been there since the beginning even when she wasn’t feeling her best during my first and second diagnosis. She was always …
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