Celebrating my mother’s birthday this past weekend — which had us both enjoying sunny skies via a scenic Frankfort drive to view Lake Michigan in all its glory — was a reminder that one of the most important things that I can share with her is time.
Time set aside to share and cook meals together, time to check in with each other on the daily, time to have conversations about everything and anything — those moments, however simple or big they seem, are irreplaceable.
I’ve been my mom’s caregiver for the last several years, and we were so blessed to find a rental in the area together amid the pandemic. Since then, our household has shifted and is now multigenerational, meaning there are at least two generations of adults living with each other. As it turns out, I’m just one of thousands of young adults in the U.S. who live with a parent or relative.
