Is there a right and wrong?

I never seriously considered. Walking away. From my role as care-giver. Partly. By reminding myself. That if I had a choice. Between being a care-giver for dear Jeanne. Or being in Jeanne’s position. The one that needed care. I’d be the ‘selfish one.’ And choose care-giving. For 13 years, it turns out. Of course,  some choose a third alternative. Simply walking away. Never an option for me. Because I was genuinely in love. With Jeanne. I had a dear friend. A clergyman. His wife Laura had multiple sclerosis. He decided to abandon her. In a nursing home. And walked away. Took up with another woman. Started a new life. A new family, too. He remained my dear friend. For many years. We visited often. And reminisced. About the old days. In non-judgmental fashion. I often wondered. What I would do. In a similar situation. Would it really matter? Is there a clear-cut right and wrong? I suspect. That both of us made the right choices. In the differing grand schemes of our lives. --Jim Broede