When Love Becomes Advocacy

With over 500,000 family carers in Ireland, my guest this week Tracy Carroll is a passionate parent advocate for children who live with life limiting disabilities, giving a voice to children who need to be seen and heard. Mum to 2 super heroes and married to John, She is a full time carer to Willow who suffered a brain injury after her birth in 2016. Tracy is a leading voice with Irish Carers on what should be done to support family carers. In this episode Tracy shares her the day to day reality of her life as a carer, the emotional and physical toil, but also the joy and love She feels for both her children - Willow and Noah. Tracy's story is one of profound inspiration, courage and resilience, but also one that demands our attention as a nation. We are all one step away from looking after someone we love, how would you want to be supported? Tracy shares her story to empower families to navigate the complexities of disability of caregiving, understanding the grief, not in the loss of a person - but in the loss of expectation and supporting your child as you find peace in acceptance. You can connect with Tracy through: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tracy_wonderw/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tracy.brennan1 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tracy-carroll-7059341a2/ For more information please contact: https://familycarers.ie/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sharonfitzmaurice.substack.com