One phone call changed everything.

One minute I was just a daughter.

The next, I was navigating hospitals, impossible decisions, and a role nobody ever prepares you for: caregiver.

In this first episode, I share how I became The Wicked Daughter—not because I was mean, controlling, or bossy...but because loving an aging parent sometimes means becoming the person who takes away the car keys, argues with doctors, worries about falls, and somehow ends up discussing bowel movements before breakfast.

If you've ever hidden in your car for twenty minutes just to hear yourself think...

If you've ever been told to "just let them live their life"...

Or if you've discovered that caregiving is equal parts love, guilt, exhaustion, and dark humor...

You're in the right place.

This isn't a polished caregiving podcast full of perfect advice. It's an honest look at what really happens after the phone call—the one every caregiver knows is coming, but hopes never will.

In this episode:

• Why I became "The Wicked Daughter"
• The moment my life changed forever
• What I wish someone had told me before caregiving found me
• Why laughter sometimes becomes survival

Next episode, I'll tell you what happened after the sheriff called...and why that was only the beginning.

Welcome to The Wicked Daughter.
Managing your aging parent...one meltdown at a time.

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