We say we value life. After years of walking people home, sorting what they left, and erasing them from the system, I am no longer convinced most of us mean it. If gratitude only arrives after the next upgrade, it was never the life being cherished. It was the accessories.
Category Archives: Caregiving
Twin Tree Project Presents | Angel of Death: The Calling Few Understand (Short Film)
This is the story of a rare and isolating calling: walking people home as an “angel of death.” A testimony of decades spent in the thin places, the cost of obedience, and the quiet turn from resentment to gratitude.
The Author’s Perspective | On Mortality: Witness
Have you ever watched someone pass away? I don’t mean “heard about it later.” Not “gotten the call.” Not “arrived after the fact to sit with the body already still.” I mean actually watched.
Have you been present, sitting there as a body fails in real time? Have you watched the chest rise and fall, then rise less, then not rise at all?
Because I have. And I’ve reached a place in the understanding of my own grief where I genuinely don’t care how uncomfortable it makes people to hear about it. Why? Because it’s coming for all of us… and if you don’t really look at that, you are not actually living.
What Caregiving Is Really Like (Series): The Many Layers of Grief in Caregiving
Caregiving is a profound, sacred journey that takes us through various emotional, physical, and spiritual landscapes. Yet, one of the most complex and often misunderstood aspects of caregiving is the grief that caregivers experience. This grief is not just tied to the death of a loved one but begins long before that final loss. AndContinueContinue reading “What Caregiving Is Really Like (Series): The Many Layers of Grief in Caregiving”
What Caregiving Is Really Like (Series): Short-Term vs. Long-Term Caregiving — Two Different Worlds
Caregiving is not a one-size-fits-all experience. It takes many forms, shifts with time, and impacts people in wildly different ways depending on the duration, intensity, and emotional undercurrents involved. While most people have a general understanding of what it means to “be a caregiver,” very few grasp the depth of difference between short-term caregiving andContinueContinue reading “What Caregiving Is Really Like (Series): Short-Term vs. Long-Term Caregiving — Two Different Worlds”
The Purpose of Pain: Where God Meets Us
We come into this world fragile, unknowing, and dependent—and we leave it in much the same way. Along the way, life leaves its marks on us, not in spite of its challenges but because of them. We are shaped, scarred, and softened by the trials we face. Yet so many of us chase an illusion—aContinueContinue reading “The Purpose of Pain: Where God Meets Us”
From Pain to Purpose: How Faith, Integrity, and Gratitude Transformed My Trauma into Growth
What if the greatest tragedies of your life were actually the catalysts for your transformation? What if faith, honesty, and gratitude could take you from the depths of despair to a life filled with purpose and peace? I’ve lived through my fair share of pain—loss, caregiving, exhaustion, and moments of doubt so deep I almostContinueContinue reading “From Pain to Purpose: How Faith, Integrity, and Gratitude Transformed My Trauma into Growth”
What Lies Beneath: The Truth About Loss, Resilience, and Freedom
As more death—I use that term from the perspective of energetic transition, whether physical, metaphorical, or societal—continues to challenge us all, I have been met with some interesting thought processes by those around me. There is a tendency, I’ve noticed, for people to cling to the idea of positivity, as though maintaining a relentless focusContinueContinue reading “What Lies Beneath: The Truth About Loss, Resilience, and Freedom”
Beyond the Breaking Point: Compassion Fatigue
In our last post, I wanted to encourage the empaths by acknowledging the challenges empaths face in today’s world—a world that often doesn’t prioritize or understand the immense emotional weight we carry. While our ability to feel deeply allows us to connect and uplift, it can also lead to a kind of silent burnout knownContinueContinue reading “Beyond the Breaking Point: Compassion Fatigue”
Caregiving as a Calling: My Experience as a Primary Caregiver
When I first left my career to become a primary caregiver, I thought I understood the journey ahead. My background in psychology and my natural inclination as an empath made me feel like I was well-equipped to take on the emotional and mental challenges of caring for loved ones. What I didn’t fully grasp atContinueContinue reading “Caregiving as a Calling: My Experience as a Primary Caregiver”