One of the most important lessons I’ve had to learn the hard way: When caring for someone else with a disease ——you can’t disappear

Caregiving is love—but it is also relentless responsibility.

The responsibility of comforting him was entirely up to me. To calm him. To carry the emotional weight.

Caregiving is love—but it is also relentless responsibility.

All I wanted some days was:

To sleep through the night.

To have a few quiet minutes to myself.

To rest from the constant vigilance.

To feel safe.

Here is the truth I had to learn the hard way:

You c…