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The Maze: Living Inside Complex Grief
Living inside complex grief feels like navigating a maze. This essay names the terrain and what it means to keep going.

Michele Russell
Jan 274 min read


Time Under Constraint
Caregiving reshapes how time is lived. It’s measured less by progress and more by attention, return, and presence.

Michele Russell
Jan 144 min read


Caregiver Self-Care: Capacity, Safety, and the Reality We Live In
For caregivers, self-care isn’t indulgence or escape. It’s about capacity. It’s staying steady under real responsibility.

Michele Russell
Jan 54 min read


How We Travel: Simple, Accessible, and Open to What Life Presents
A practical look at how we travel, keep things simple, accessible, and flexible as a mother and adult son navigating disability together

Michele Russell
Dec 17, 20255 min read


Why We Adventure: Finding Ourselves After Everything Changes
Adventures helped us step out of survival mode and back into life, rediscovering who we were becoming after Jonny’s accident.

Michele Russell
Nov 25, 20253 min read


Seeing Each Other Fully: The Courage to Belong.
What becomes possible if we stop looking away and start really seeing what’s right in front of us?

Michele Russell
Nov 11, 20256 min read


Is It Patience or Something More?
A reflection on caregiving, faith, and daily life with Jonny. Where patience grows into grace and love keeps showing up.

Michele Russell
Oct 26, 20253 min read

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