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Meg's quote about Fighting for Their Lives, Jenn's Caregiver Notes graphic
LatestMay 29, 2026Jenn's Caregiver Notes

Mental health is not a casserole disease.

Meg sat down at a lunch counter, opened this book, and almost broke down in tears on the first page. She's been navigating her family's mental health journey for years. What she said about this book stopped me.

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Early reader Melissa Hess quote about Fighting for Their Lives
May 23, 2026Jenn's Caregiver Notes

What early readers see.

Something I did not expect when I shared the manuscript of Fighting for Their Lives with early readers: how often someone would say back to me the thing I most needed to hear.

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The bravest person in our family, Jenn's Caregiver Notes graphic
May 20, 2026Jenn's Caregiver Notes

When my child taught me something.

For years, I thought my job as my oldest's mom was to teach him how to navigate the world. What I missed was that the lessons were flowing in the other direction too.

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What I wish I'd known, Jenn's Caregiver Notes graphic
May 19, 2026Jenn's Caregiver Notes

What I wish I'd known.

There are things I could not have been told at the start of the hardest years of my family's life. Not because no one knew them. But because some truths can only be earned.

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