Like the past several Valentines, our friends’ day won’t be chocolates and flowers. It’ll be pain pills and the flowers may have to wait for her funeral. Here is the story of a couple we have known for four decades. For years, the wife’s mind has been deteriorating with dementia and her devoted husband took…
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Heart Matters
He disappointed her this morning. He was distracted and didn’t listen when she tried to talk to him about something that was important to her today. All day when her brain was in idle, it would replay how hurt she felt. Tonight, she didn’t even try to talk to him. She made sure she was…
True Love
Two heart-wrenching phone calls in one day. A marriage flying apart. An engagement languishing. We ache from a deep place inside. Sadness wants to swallow us up. We flounder in a pit of sorrow. Is there something we should do? How do we think about this? Did we contribute to these sad situations? Soul searching,…