Caring for anyone who can’t care for himself opens a door to your soul that I don’t think is opened by any other activity. The person who allows you to do so is saying, “I’m totally vulnerable and I’m placing myself in your hands.” After eight years of caregiving, I’m still learning and, I hope, still growing.

Read the entire excerpt from my new book Leaning Into Sharp Points: Practical Guidance and Nurturing Support for Caregivers. (to be released in March, 2012 by New World Library)