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“A Severe Mercy”

Just one month into our wedding, I had an experience that changed my life. It was a weekday evening, we were in bed, restless and trying to get some sleep. For some reason, it was just one of those nights when neither of us could get there. Just as one

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Critical Much?

There’s a certain tone that can be heard in a group of women. Maybe in a group of men, too, but I wouldn’t know. One woman will make a disparaging remark about her husband, then the others will chime in: such dopes, these men we married. I try to imagine

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Monogappy?

Why that odd name? Well… it’s like monogamy + happy… first off. But, it’s also like mono (meaning “one”) + agape (meaning “unconditional love”). One Love. Which we kinda liked. That’s all. There’s one less thing to worry about.

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Day in the Life

Is it okay to just write about today? Today, I’m a 44-year-old woman who woke up thinking about finances, making lunch, and whether or not my son needed cough medicine before school. I tried to think of ways to help him remember all the crazy things he has to remember

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Interview: A Word From the Wise

Interview: A Word From the Wise

Our fabulous marriage mentors, (Yoda, collectively), have agreed to share with us a bit of what they’ve learned about being married: What We’ve Learned in our Marriage The relational discoveries we have made in our 54 years of marriage have their roots in our faith in God and the desire

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Interview: Leonidas & Pepper Potts

Interview: Leonidas & Pepper Potts

With the help of a few single-ish friends, we came up with the following questions, which we sent out to several great couples we know. Here are some of the results: 1. How do you keep the romantic spark alive? L: Touch. A kiss every night in bed before sleep.

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“Still a Believer in Marriage”

We came across this in the paper a couple days ago… So… wow, right? Makes me wonder first, what sort of business are these people working at? Then, what gender were they? All men? All women? Mixed? That’s gotta be an anomaly, right? I hope so. I hope people aren’t

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Just Some Great Lyrics…

Love’s Recovery by the Indigo Girls During the time of which I speak it was hard to turn the other cheekTo the blows of insecurityFeeding the cancer of my intellect, the blood of love soon neglectedLay dying in the strength of it’s impurity Meanwhile our friends we thought were so

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Lots-O-Baggage!

Everybody’s got it! The question is, what do you do with it? I was talking with a friend the other night, and she told me how difficult the first year of her marriage was, and how close they got to calling it quits. But, then she talked about how they

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Interview: Crouching Tiger & Matolious Dunaden Tiger

Interview: Crouching Tiger & Matolious Dunaden Tiger

With the help of a few single-ish friends, we came up with the following questions, which we sent out to several great couples we know. Here are some of the results: 1. How do you keep the romantic spark alive? CT: An intentional way that we do this is spending