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This company came from our founder, Jenny's, life experience with caregiving. She has had many roles as wife, single mother, mother to a child with complex special needs, and as a friend to her mother after her husband's sudden passing. It was after that last loss that Jenny's friend Jane came alongside as a sort of personal consultant and cheer leader - filling the void left by her father. The friendship brought so much hope, at such a desperate time, that Jenny wants to reciprocate the hope she received offering this experience for other caregivers who find themselves with limited time and connections to take care for themselves.
All about Jenny
Dear Friend,
I am a single mother to three girls, two of them with life-threatening medical needs, one of them with complex needs. I am a business entrepreneur with a history of designing curriculum and training in the corporate, non-profit, and educational sectors. When I became a single parent, all three of my girls were ages 4 and under. The medical needs, together with the new emotional and financial needs, left me caregiving on overdrive.
I returned to the work force full-time while coordinating my children's daily care. The pressures were constant and I quickly learned that my local community, friends, and family did not know how to support long term suffering. I heard a lot of well-meaning comments like, "Get some rest!", "Be sure to take care of yourself!"or "Let me know what I can do." But, the care that givers put out is rarely returned in terms of rest and pampering. Our quality of the caregiving can suffer as we become more depleted. The reciprocity becomes a cycle of stressful emotions, depression, and hopeless exhaustion.
This is why I created Reciprocity. I want our company to infuse caregivers with personal support. You know best what you need and we want to help you achieve it. We want you to experience what others often say, that "you matter". But, we also know that it's hard to come up with your own care, so we want to do that for you and with you. I hope you will find new measures of hope, joy, and health like I have.
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Your Friend,
Jenny
