Author: Aya Rekik

It often starts with something small. A missed appointment. A story repeated again, and again. A moment where someone you love looks at you, searching for a word that won’t come. At first, it’s easy to brush off. Everyone forgets things sometimes. But when those moments begin to feel familiar in a way that doesn’t feel right, families start asking quiet questions, they never imagined they’d have to ask….

Grief is often associated with loss, but for caregivers, it begins much sooner; sometimes months or years before a loved one passes away. This is known as caregiver grief or anticipatory grief, a quiet emotional burden that grows as caregivers witness physical, cognitive, or emotional changes in the person they love. This grief is deeply personal. It comes from…