81044 9 1931 159 58 21409 Xxxx-xxxx.7890 These numbers all have meaning for me in one way or another. Also, my smart-watch says: I’m on a 14-day move streak, I’ve stood for 3 hours, and my current heartbeat is 65 beats per minute. Numbers give meaning to our Present every day life, and help us remember our past. I can remember the number of days in the hospital. I can remember the number the number…
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When I was in junior high, I sang in a church choir. I wouldn’t say I had a great voice but Fr. Gaffney always did say I had chutzpah! During my years at the Naval Academy that singing chutzpah translated into a walk on audition to land the lead role as Golde in Fiddler on the Roof my senior year. I think it was more chutzpah then singing for my solo ability that got me…
Leave a CommentThanks for reading my daily reflections on marriage in March. I am returning to my weekly Friday blog posts! Grateful for you, Mary I wrote this intention in January 2017 – This year I want to listen more to those around me rather than speak into them. I believe listening is the way to heal and mend hearts – generationally and spiritually. I want to listen actively to find that which I am to…
3 CommentsI continue to celebrate models of marriage that daily walk out in their lives what it means to love and honor. Our first opportunity to influence comes from what others see us doing. So while not all have been nearby to me, I have seen and been influenced by their loving example. Here what they experienced as key to a long, loving, committed marriage. Barb and Mike – 46 years Barb – I married at…
Leave a CommentIf you have been around me long you will hear me say that literacy is built on two tracks: modeling and repetition. I think there is such a thing as marriage literacy. Learning and doing what is right and good over and over again. I am grateful to have witnessed some wonderful models of marriage. One of my goals this year has been to grow my love for Gary. I got this idea last year…
Leave a CommentSometimes the troubles we have with our spouse are a result of our own conditioning them. Let’s talk gifts. I think it is safe to say that giving gifts to each other is a pretty risky endeavor in the early years. Depending on how that is handled it may have some long lasting effects. Perhaps the real reason couples don’t give each other gifts is: We don’t know what to give Or In our instant…
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