Being a caregiver is so much about relinquishing control
Control over their choices
Control over time
Control over the rest of the team
It’s about tempering disappointment
It’s becoming a sponge for hurt and pain
It’s finding humor in the darkest places
Finding love in loss
I can never be who I was before this
I cannot stop seeing their pain
Hearing their hearts
Knowing their limits
In the most beautiful way the work I saught to feel in control taught me how to let go of it
Sep 27, 2025
Sep 27, 2025 at 11:42 PM UTC
Being a caregiver is so much about relinquishing control
Control over their choices
Control over time
Control over the rest of the team
It’s about tempering disappointment
It’s becoming a sponge for hurt and pain
It’s finding humor in the darkest places
Finding love in loss
I can never be who I was before this
I cannot stop seeing their pain
Hearing their hearts
Knowing their limits
In the most beautiful way the work I saught to feel in control taught me how to let go of it
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