‘Nothing new’ is my report for the week, and I’m quite happy to write about it.

We live in an age of constant change, even though our instinct is to resist it. But for caregivers like me, facing change is a weekly challenge.

“Every time you say ‘yes’ to one thing, you must say ‘no’ to something else.”

As the list of difficult or unseemly duties lengthens, my sadness is almost dulled. I feel myself getting weary.