{"id":13558,"date":"2018-01-17T06:24:49","date_gmt":"2018-01-17T11:24:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=13558"},"modified":"2018-01-18T06:06:46","modified_gmt":"2018-01-18T11:06:46","slug":"my-caregiving-earworm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=13558","title":{"rendered":"My Caregiving Earworm"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"An “earworm” is a song that repeats in your head over and over. Lately, my earworm is related to what I am doing for… and caring for… my Spouse. <\/p>\n

A country singer, Billy Dean, wrote and sang a song in 1993 titled, “I Want To Take Care of You.”<\/a> His album cover — “Its What I Do” — speaks perfectly to me and what I am doing as a caregiver.<\/p>\n

I listened to “I Want To Take Care of You” the other day as I was driving home (on a self-recorded CD in my truck) and sang these words from my heart, thinking of my spouse:
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I know you can make it in this world on your own
\nBut I wanna take care of you<\/p>\n

The wo<\/del>man within may think that it’s wrong
\nBut I wanna take care of you<\/p>\n

I’ll show you the love of a man that knows how
\nTo hold you without holding you down
\nIt’s not a sign of weakness to let me be strong
\nI wanna take care of you<\/p>\n

I’ll carry the weight of your world on my shoulder
\nI wanna take care of you<\/p>\n

In the prime of our years till time ticks us older
\nI wanna take care of you<\/p>\n

I’ll be your rope when that mountain’s too steep
\nBe your hope when the water’s too deep
\nI’ll share my blanket when trouble winds turn colder
\nI wanna take care of you<\/p>\n

I’ve got nothin’ to prove but the way that I feel
\nIt’s love but it’s so much more
\nFor once in my life I know that I am living for<\/p>\n

When the good Lord takes you He better take me too
\nSo I can take care of you<\/p>\n

When the good Lord takes you He better take me too
\nSo I can take care of you<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yes, my love, I am honored to love and care for you, always.<\/p>\n

Life is short: live your vows of marriage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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