Love covers a multitude of sins

You are going to mess up in a thousand ways. You are going to lose your patience and say things you wish you hadn’t. They will be forgotten.

In time, you will learn to practice love in ways you hadn’t thought possible. For me, caring for Diane pushed me to be gentler, less argumentative and more gracious than I’d been to her in the 25 years before her diagnosis. I regret not being a better husband earlier. But that regret inspired me to give her my best as a caregiver, as did this Bible verse:

“Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins” (1 Peter 4:8).