Stories that tell the truth
The complicated, funny, exhausting, love-filled reality of caregiving and major life transitions.
ABOUT PTNS
Real life did not follow the outline.
So we made room for a rewrite—and brought snacks.
WHAT IS PLOT TWISTS NEED SNACKS?
Practical comfort for life’s unexpected rewrites.
Plot Twists Need Snacks is a storytelling and resource space for caregivers—and for anyone whose life changed the script without asking permission.
It was created from the everyday reality of caring for an aging loved one with dementia: the appointments and paperwork, the tender moments and hard decisions, the repeated questions, the unexpected laughter, and the strange little missions that somehow become the whole day.
PTNS makes room for the full story. Here, practical information can be warm. Humor can sit beside grief. Love can be honest about exhaustion. A caregiver can adore the person they care for and still need rest, answers, backup, and somebody to ask how they are doing.
The goal is simple: help people feel less alone and a little more prepared. Through personal essays, caregiver tools, trusted Arizona and national resources, and gentle reminders to care for the person doing the caring, PTNS offers something useful for the next turn in the road.
MEET THE CREATOR
Paterse
Writer, storyteller, creative, and caregiver who believes truth can be tender—and sometimes very funny.
Paterse is a writer and family caregiver whose work explores caregiving, culture, food, memory, creativity, and the lives we build after plans change. As the primary caregiver for her aunt living with dementia, Paterse understands that caregiving is both an act of love and a demanding life transition of its own.
She created Plot Twists Need Snacks to share the kind of stories and resources she wanted beside her: honest without being hopeless, useful without sounding clinical, and warm enough to remind caregivers that they are still people—not just the person holding the keys, the calendar, and everybody else together.
Beyond PTNS, Paterse writes fiction and poetry, shares her love of food and culture, and develops creative projects through IRUR Media. Her voice brings together wit, compassion, practical wisdom, and an eye for the moments that deserve to be remembered.
WHAT YOU’LL FIND HERE
Help you can actually use
Caregiver tools and verified resources that make the next decision a little easier to find.
Room to remain yourself
Permission to rest, laugh, create, eat something good, and remember that your life still belongs to you.
THE PROMISE
No perfection required.
Come as you are. Take what helps. Leave what does not. Grab a snack.
Find support for the road