Hospitality

"At heart, hospitality is a helping across a threshold." Ivan Illich

As caregivers, aren't we helping someone cross a threshold?  Especially if you are a caregiver for someone with a terminal illness, but even if you are caregiver for a small child -- what we are doing is supporting someone to cross the threshold.  It could be the threshold of death, or the threshold of independence, or the threshold of living with constant pain.  At heart, we who are caregivers are extending hospitality.