I’m Barb — an adult child who got thrown into a medical crisis with all the grace of someone being pushed into a pool fully clothed. One day my life was normal, and the next I was suddenly responsible for decisions, updates, paperwork, doctors, logistics, emotions, and pretending I understood medical terminology I absolutely did not.

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Like most adult children, I didn’t get a warning. I didn’t get a manual. I didn’t get a “here’s what to do when your parent’s health collapses” starter kit. I got chaos. I got fear. I got Google. And I got really good at nodding like I understood what a nephrologist does.

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Parent Down was born from that season — not as a brand, not as a business, but as the lifeline I desperately needed and couldn’t find.

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My goal is simple:

Help adult children navigate the moments no one prepares us for — with clarity, honesty, and just enough dark humor to stay upright.

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If you’re in the thick of it, or you feel the ground starting to shift under your feet, you’re in the right place. You’re not failing. You’re not behind. You’re not supposed to know how to do this.

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You just need someone who’s been there. That’s me. And I’m here to help you through it.