There is a community of the Little Sisters of the Poor, not far from here. The sisters do an outstanding job of caring for the elderly.
Caring for people who can never do anything to compensate you is true religion.
I sometimes think it would be easier, less stressful, to take care of the indigent elderly or the handicapped than it is to rear one’s own children, because you wouldn’t be responsible for how they turn out! Maybe my error is in thinking that I’m responsible for how my children turn out ...