I have been married to at least 5 different men, and loved each one more than the last. Now, before you compare me to Elizabeth Taylor…let me just clarify…I have only been married once, but he has evolved, as have I, over the course of 36 years. Idealistic seminarian The first man was the idealistic…
We sat across from each other at our favorite lunch spot, happy to have a little face time, just the two of us. Three kids with multiple schedules and each of us running our own businesses left little time for uninterrupted conversation in those days. I thought it was just any old lunch, but this day proved…
There’s something wistful about seeing newly weds. Their relationship is fresh and new–their whole future is before them. I wouldn’t go back to those days, but I do wish we had known some things that we learned the hard way. It’s hard to give advice to engaged or newly married couples, because they are convinced…
Continuing on the theme of resolutions/goals, I have a question for those of you that are married. How would you rate the “state of your Union” on a scale of 1-10, with 10 being “couldn’t be any better”? I recently asked my guy of 36 years, and there was a long pause. “OK, awkward pause, honey.”…
The promises we make in marriage seem easy when we are caught up in the newness of love. “In sickness and in health” rolls off our nervous tongues without realizing just how hard it can be to love and support our spouse when they are ill. Just a month after we married, with our…
12,775–that’s how many days Mark & I have been married (well, a few more now.) That is a lot of days!