Kate’s Take on Rare Care - a Column by Kate Manger

You get the call. It’s rare, they say. Probability is low, statistics meant to comfort. They assure you this doesn’t happen often. But sometimes, despite all the reassurances, rare things happen anyway. When it happened to us, I immediately wondered what I could have done differently. I blamed myself for…

Being a mom comes with a heavy mental load. I constantly have a list of tasks running through my mind — all the work I need to do to manage my family’s life. I’m not just thinking about those tasks, but also making plans, remembering events, and carrying the tasks…

I still remember the phone call as if it were frozen in time. It was mid-morning, and I was in bed feeding my newborn, Caroline. With the shades slightly drawn, just a sliver of light crept in, letting us both cozy up and drift off. Caroline was only a week…