I'm Not Superwoman!

Dr. Laura Call of the Day

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4.4 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 21 June 2025

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Since her mom's death, her husband's devastating illness and a big move, Collette is throwing off her Superwoman cape and calling for backup. Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

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0:00.0	Thanks for listening to my call of the day podcast. You can hear my live radio program Monday through Friday from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Sirius XM Triumph 11. Colette, welcome to the program.
0:13.7	Hi. How are you? Hi. Good. How can I help? Well, I have an interesting problem and and I've been very upset about it. Me and my husband
0:25.4	have been caretakers for my mother and my mother-in-law for about 20 years now. And we always knew
0:34.0	what's wrong with these women that they need caretakering?
0:42.8	Well, my mother has Alzheimer's, and my... 20 years ago, she had Alzheimer's?
0:46.0	Well, the beginning stages.
0:47.8	I'm 62.
0:49.7	She was 88.
0:51.8	She passed recently.
0:54.0	I see.
0:54.6	But my husband is 11 years older than me.
0:58.0	He is 673.
1:02.1	And we just always knew we were their caretakers.
1:07.4	We were the ones that always took care of them.
1:10.1	And his mother has diabetes. She's
1:13.1	disabled. And we just always pulled together as a team. And it got to the point where we had three
1:22.7	places to live, and we all lived adjacent on properties, each owned by each other, you know, but it got
1:31.4	too much for me to take care of.
1:33.3	And I kind of wanted to retire and spend some time with my husband.
1:38.8	So I found a really beautiful area that was a lot less rural because we lived in rural,
1:46.0	Tennessee, Copper Hill, Tennessee.
1:48.8	And it had, you know, boating and tennis and racquetball and golf.
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