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1154. The Mark of a Good Caregiver, by Joni Hilton, in Meridian Magazine

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This touching article tells how much loving and kind caregiving for those who are disabled -- can do for the person being served, and those serving! The Mark of a Good Caregiver By Joni Hilton  · June 19, 2019 Sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please  CLICK HERE I’ll just say it: I think we need a National Caregivers’ Day. Not only should they receive boxes of chocolates and bouquets of flowers, but friends should step in and take the entire day for them, if they can. It’s hard to imagine any job more exhausting, more tedious, more without a moment’s relief, than constant caregiving. And with the rising numbers of elderly and disabled, caregiving is falling upon more and more shoulders. If you haven’t already experienced it, you may.  As a matter of fact, I feel such admiration for this unheralded group that I wrote a tribute song to caregivers for my upcoming musical about cancer. And this demanding task doesn’t compare to all the young parents