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Letting myself be seen, Jenn's Caregiver Notes graphic
LatestJuly 4, 2026Jenn's Caregiver Notes

Letting myself be seen.

I spent years asking the world to truly see my children. Launch week was the moment I finally let it see me.

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Be the loudest voice in the room, Jenn's Caregiver Notes graphic
June 23, 2026Jenn's Caregiver Notes

Be the loudest voice in the room.

A line from my book found me this week, not in a hospital room, but on a sidewalk and a stranger's front lawn. A reflection on invisible illness, bullying, and what it really costs to stand up for the people who cannot yet stand up for themselves.

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A full room of guests celebrating the launch of Fighting for Their Lives in Back Bay
June 16, 2026Jenn's Caregiver Notes

The Room Was Full.

Over sixty people filled a room in Back Bay to celebrate the launch of Fighting for Their Lives. A recap of the night, a thank you, and a fundraiser for BAGLY.

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Who I wrote this for, Jenn's Caregiver Notes graphic
June 12, 2026Jenn's Caregiver Notes

Who I wrote this for.

You hold it together everywhere it counts, then fall apart at a red light when a song comes on. That is not weakness. If you have ever felt invisible in the fight for your child, this one is for you.

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Winter Night, painting by Ed Rocha, deep blues and violet with gold light
June 5, 2026Jenn's Caregiver Notes

Winter Night

I bought a painting called Winter Night. There is a swirl in the center like a tornado, and what I learned looking at it is how you find your center again when everything is moving too fast.

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If not me, then who, Jenn's Caregiver Notes graphic
June 3, 2026Jenn's Caregiver Notes

The last few weeks before.

The book is almost here. It is finished, the proof is in my hands, but it is not in the world yet. I want to be honest about what is underneath the wait.

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It takes zero courage to love you, Jenn's Caregiver Notes graphic
June 2, 2026Jenn's Caregiver Notes

The courage was never in the loving.

People keep calling me brave. For loving my son. For supporting him. Then I heard a line from Anne Hathaway that named something I had never been able to say out loud.

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Meg's quote about Fighting for Their Lives, Jenn's Caregiver Notes graphic
May 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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