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    Caregiver: Villain or Savoir?
    Jessica Lizel Cannon
    • Oct 31, 2019
    • 4 min

    Caregiver: Villain or Savoir?

    During the earlier days caring for Mom while learning about what was happening to her between normal and abnormal aging, my first instinct was to save her. I wanted to swoop in to prevent further deterioration and help provide a better quality of life. Wouldn’t you? Unfortunately, this is a two-way road which requires a willing participant who wants to be saved. My help was not received as intended. I was perceived as overbearing and unkind. My family began to see me as the v
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    The Struggle to Live Second
    Jessica Lizel Cannon
    • Oct 19, 2019
    • 3 min

    The Struggle to Live Second

    I started this life in second place it seems. Second child, and eventually the middle child. As I grew into adolescent years, I learned the term middle-child syndrome and what it means to be second or sometimes invisible. My older sister had seniority with both privileges and responsibilities to look out for us younger siblings. Meanwhile, my younger sister seemed to get away with everything including not having any chores or obligations in the house since she was usually rus
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