My mom and I have been taking care of my grandmother together for the past year and we work well as a team during the day, but at night when we're both exhausted we keep snapping at each other about small things. We're both scared and sad about losing her and we're taking it out on each other instead of supporting each other.
More people experience this than they realize.
Two people united in love and purpose are finding that shared exhaustion and anticipatory grief can turn allies into adversaries when they most need each other's strength.
“Where Are You with LGBTQ+ chosen family tradition?”
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