Helping Hands, Spines of Steel, and Hearts of Gold: Our Invisible Lionhearts

Helping Hands, Spines of Steel, and Hearts of Gold: Our Invisible Lionhearts
Over the years, many people are called to care for their children, parents, and spouses.kupicoo/Getty Images
Jeff Minick
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Caregiver.

Break that noun into its component parts, and we find two of the most tender and beautiful words in the English language. “Take care,” we say when wishing a friend well at the end of a conversation. And nearly every religion in the world stresses the importance of giving our time, talent, and treasure to others.

Jeff Minick
Jeff Minick
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Jeff Minick has four children and a growing platoon of grandchildren. For 20 years, he taught history, literature, and Latin to seminars of homeschooling students in Asheville, N.C. He is the author of two novels, “Amanda Bell” and “Dust on Their Wings,” and two works of nonfiction, “Learning as I Go” and “Movies Make the Man.” Today, he lives and writes in Front Royal, Va.
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