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Circle of Years: A Caregiver's Journal

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Not even a "man of God" can watch his very much loved mother (who was once very much in charge of her life) slip off into this very cruel disease without a sense of loss and heartache, but Houston was able to see the benefit of sharing his mother's life at this time, as well. There's a lot of love and compassion here, along with the frustration and sadness. This book should be on the shelf of every adult child who finds himself in this "role-reversal" situation with an aged parent.

The book touched me with its honest and thoughtful reflection of the joyful challenges of caring for an aged parent slipping into another reality. Houston shares his frustrations, his coping or lack of it, and his small victories in a honest yet upbeat and faithful way. Anyone coping with taking care of an aged parent who is slipping away slowly will find an encouraging friend in this book.

I've known the author through many of the years covered in the book. Reading his journal of those experience gave me the feeling of returning home again, seeing familiar landmarks and sharing joint memories. That feeling reverberates as I watch my parents go through many of the same experiences witht their parents. Circle of Years should find a similar home of warmth in the hearts of other readers facing the aging of their parents or grandparents.