Words you can borrow.
For the caregiver who is out of words. Saying no, asking for help, and keeping a little of yourself.
Twelve lines that do the hard talking for you.
Saying no and asking for help are languages, and nobody teaches them to caregivers. This one-page printable holds twelve borrowable lines: six gentle ways to say no without a speech, and six specific asks that actually get yeses instead of thoughts and prayers.
Print it, stick it inside a cabinet door, and borrow a line the next time your own words run out. Free, no signup required.
These lines come from 90 Days for the Caregiver, a self care journal with a different prompt every day for the woman running on empty. It is on its way to Amazon now, and the email letters are the first place I will say so. Signing up also brings you the free starter kit.
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Small, and borrowable.
Six ways to say no
From the small no for this week to the bigger one for the whole season. No explanations owed, no speech required.
Six asks that get yeses
Specific asks get yeses. Vague ones get thoughts and prayers. These are the specific kind, ready to text.
Room for your own
Borrowed words are training wheels. Somewhere around the third use, your own start coming back.
If you are the one everyone leans on.
Maybe you are caring for a parent, a spouse, or someone else you love. You manage the medications, make the calls, cancel your own appointments, and answer "I'm fine" because the real answer would take an hour nobody is offering. When somebody finally asks what they can do, your mind goes blank.
That blank is not a failing. It is exhaustion. This page is a small tool for exactly that moment, made by a woman who has stood in it.
Nobody asks the caregiver how she is doing. This page, and the journal it comes from, are my way of asking.
The words are yours now.
One page, free, no strings. Borrow a line the next time yours run out.
Download the free printable