In 2013 I retired as a psychologist and licensed marriage & family therapist to be the full-time caregiver for my stroke-disabled wife. I am still very active as a musician with Shades Mountain Air, a bluegrassbluegrass gospel band (www.reverbnation.com/shadesmountainair) and I just published my first book: Love Lyrics: The Musical Marital Manual (http: //www.amazon.com/author/donwendorf) . It's the only marriage self-help book written in song lyric/rhyming light verse form to educate through the power of music, metaphor, poetry, entertainment, stories, chats, symbolism, and fun.
A QUARTER OF AN INCH AT A TIME
She moved near me in college, to the house across from mine.
I knew at once this special girl was something rare and fine.
...
LOVE LYRICS
by Don Wendorf, Psy.D.; LMFT
Oh, your love would place me welded to your waist, in some syrupy symbiosis.
...
CAREGIVING HERO
Verses:
I dahwannabe a caregiving hero, just wanna be a slob.
...