After Caring for My Mother in Law for Ten Years, I Was Given 48 Hours to Leave

directives, about documenting their hours and their costs, about protecting themselves. I thought of Margaret’s folder in Bernard’s office every time. The pages she had kept, not for herself but for me.

“She kept a notebook,” I would tell the group. “Of every time someone showed up and every time they didn’t. Caregiving is love. It is also work. Don’t continue reading …