When you see the epigram from Dogen, you know that this article will be about more than "How to Bury a Dog."

Remember Gail Sheehy, who wrote The Silent Passage and Passages, among other books that brought the psychological and physical experience of human life stages and transitions into the light of day? She is now working with AARP to articulate the journey, or labryinth, as she calls it, of adult caregiving. After going through her own journey as a caregiver to her husband, she set out to observe, research, and record the many ways that people around the country are dealing with adult caregiving. Her videos, along with her journals (posted weekly throughout 2009), about the families she interviews are accessible from her main AARP webpage.