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I have been a marriage counselor for more than fifty years. I believe it is true that we teach what we want to learn. My wife, Carlin, and I have been married for 43 wonderful years now. But our relationship life hasn’t always been wonderful. This is the third marriage for both of us. Those

Part 5 Caring for the One You Love is the Gift of a Lifetime             One of the biggest fears that has dominated my life for many years is that I would be a burden on my loved ones when I got too old to take care of myself. When I was young I imagined

Part 4 Learning to Listen More, Trying to Fix It Less Crises are opportunities to learn more about love and life. Carlin and I have been dealing with a crisis that began on March 20, 2023 when she slipped on a wet sidewalk and called me. “I fell. I need help. I’m near the corner

Part 3 What I’m Learning About Being a Male Caregiver             More and more of us are being called to be Caregivers for loved ones as well as helpers and healers for those we are called to serve in a world out of balance. In Part 1 I described the call that changed my life.

Part 2 Caregiving: Intimacy and Exhaustion In Part 1, I talked about Carlin’s slip on the wet sidewalk and subsequent events of her hip surgery. Here I would like to talk about caregiving. For those who have done full-time caregiving for a loved one, you know how rewarding and exhausting it can be. I had

Part 1 Many of us are living in the second half of life. My wife, Carlin, and I have been married for 43 years, which is more than half our lives. She will be 85 in July and I will be 80 in December. Our love has deepened since we were first married in 1980,