Oh, how I wish there were more spaces online, in-print and around the corner to real-talk about how crazy and shi**y and generally soul-crushing senior caregiving and management can be — and how much potential there is to flip that script with more empathy, conversation and planning. Gah, search Facebook sometime for caregiving groups and join one if it’s appropriate. I wish I had back when I was drowning in care management mayhem, feeling like an ill-equipped a-hole. You should hear these people’s stories — so raw and desperate and ugly. This is our normal: to get through our geri-scaries blindly, without authentic conversation, in a strange void. Strange because this is every human’s story in some form, yet — it’s on the down low, which makes it all feel so flipping freakish and heavy. #GrandPlans