Key points

Caregiving is an opportunity for your empathy to shine.

Healthy caregiving means sometimes stepping away from the person you are helping for your own self-care.

Sometimes you can help too much and smother people with generosity.

If you’re caring for someone cranky or mean, try to understand what’s going on.

Caregiving is an opportunity to help someone with a physical, emotional, or spiritual infirmity. It is a chance for your empathy to shine.

In the 1990s, I was the caregiver when both parents became ill at different points. I am thankful that I could bring them more peace and stability in their final days. They didn’t have to be alone or without the eyes of love. I was their advocate, their rock, a familiar, caring face in the storm. My father told others, “Judith i

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