Ryan Miner’s Musings
Meaningless Familiarity: An Indictment on the Home Care Industry
Part I: The Silence After the Phone Call An older adult female is aging in an assisted living community right now, whose adult daughter calls her every Wednesday and Sunday. The daughter asks how Mom is doing. The mother says she’s “fine.” They talk about the weather, about the grandkids, about nothing that matters because…
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The Irish Goodbye: Why We Leave Without Saying a Word
The Irish Goodbye On leaving without words, returning without permission, and everything that happens in the silence between I. There is a moment — you’ll know if and when you’ve felt it — when a room becomes too much. It’s not loud, and it’s not necessarily unpleasant. The room is just… full. It’s full in…
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