HeyJaredSandwich Season
Exploring the burdens and blessings of life in the sandwich generation—juggling the needs of my parents and son with special needs—and encouraging others in similar seasons
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On fall break (opens the original)
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Hello, friends!It’s time for me to take a breath, take a look around and collect my thoughts.I look forward to bringing you a refreshed Sandwich Season starting October 1, 2026. Take good care,Sarah<img alt="" class="sizing-normal"
Revisiting: Is this caregiving? (opens the original)
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Dear friends,I grew up goal-oriented and career-focused, and imagined that this time of life—my fifties—would involve wearing blazers, attending important meetings, and accomplishing Big Things.And here we are. I do freelance and Substack writing in my home office, give presentations on my Japan memoir, the koto and on writing obituaries, and teach a couple of classes a week in a yoga studio. All good stuff to be sure. But some days I ask myself, What the heck happened? Life. That is what happen
When life imitates art -- unexpectedly (opens the original)
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The Same Moon.>Hello, everyone—You know the saying, “life imitates art”?I experienced that in real time last week, while doing a book event at Fargo’s delightful new independent bookstore, Overbooked.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!aZeP!,f_auto,q
Dolly Parton, caregiver (opens the original)
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Hi friends—Like many of you, I have been reading tributes to Dolly Parton this week. What an amazing, multi-faceted woman!I have a very short Dolly Parton story from 1990, when friends and I went to check out WE Fest, an annual country music festival not far from my Minnesota hometown. I think we actually went for Randy Travis, but we had the opportunity to hear Dolly as well. Since we were way back in the crowd, I rem
Moon viewing/book event (opens the original)
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The Same Moon: a Young Woman’s Season of Entanglements in Rural Japan.>Hi friends—Some of you noticed that Sandwich Season didn’t arrive in your inboxes last week. I’ve been prepping for a book event this Thursday and taking a little time to regroup in the midst of a busy season. Maintaining our own interests and taking breaks are both key to sandwich season life.Meanwhile, here’s info on that book event, in case you&
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