Twice as Much Husband, Half as Much Money: How to Enjoy Retirement

Description

About the Book
Retirement changes everything — your schedule, your finances, your sense of purpose, and especially your marriage. When you go from seeing each other a few hours a day to being home together around the clock, the adjustments can catch even the most devoted couples off guard.
Dr. Glover Shipp writes from experience. He and his wife Margie had been married nearly six decades when this book was written, and Twice as Much Husband, Half as Much Money is the book they wished someone had handed them before retirement arrived. With candor, humor, and Scripture woven throughout, Shipp addresses the relational, spiritual, financial, and physical realities of this season — not just the numbers in a retirement account, but the whole of life that surrounds them.
This is not a financial planning guide. It is a human one.

What You’ll Find Inside
• Adjusting to a new daily rhythm as a couple
• Navigating finances, downsizing, and living on less
• Finding purpose and meaning after leaving the workforce
• Health, slowing down, and physical wellbeing
• Marriage, intimacy, and growing closer in later years
• Grandchildren, grown children, and shifting family dynamics
• Caregiving — giving it and receiving it gracefully
• Grief, loss of a spouse, and how to move forward
• Preparing for eternity with eyes open and faith steady

About the Author
Dr. Glover Shipp served as managing editor of The Christian Chronicle for 22 years and spent 18 years as a missionary to Brazil, where he planted churches, taught courses, and co-directed a Christian publishing company. He has taught at four Christian universities, authored 33 books, and lectured in 51 countries. At the time of writing he served as an elder of the Edmond, Oklahoma Church of Christ. He and his wife Margie have six children and thirteen grandchildren.

Who This Book Is For
This book is for anyone approaching or already living in retirement — and especially for married couples navigating that transition together. If you’ve found that the practical and spiritual dimensions of retirement caught you less prepared than you expected, this book offers honest companionship for the road.
It will resonate with Forthright readers who value plain-spoken wisdom, real-life honesty, and a faith that speaks to every season of life — including the last ones.