I Used To Be An OT - Until I Had To Keep My Parents Alive

I used to be an Occupational Therapist.

I thought I knew how to plan, how to pace and how to care. But when it’s your parents, it’s different. The boundaries blur. You become a daughter, a carer, an admin assistant and a mini health and social care system all rolled into one.

But nothing prepared me for becoming the one who had to keep two people alive.