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Tag Archives: Compromise in marriage
Life of Compromise
I love to watch Britain’s Location Location Location with Kirsty Althorp and Phil Spencer. There’s one word that always comes up during it and that is Compromise! The longer I spend on planet earth, the more I understand that perfection … Continue reading
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How To Be Married 101
I was thinking about this, this morning. Marriage is a complex arrangement! What are the most important things to know about being married? What does it mean to be married? If someone had to ask me how to be married, … Continue reading
Engaged for 30 Years
9th May 2016. The 9th May always strikes a happy note in my heart. It’s the day I got engaged. Crazy that that was 30 years ago today. I’ve been wearing the ring for 3 decades. It still fits. The … Continue reading
Me: “What’s Wrong?” Mike: “Nothing!”
I posted this story under a different heading exactly a year ago and found it online again today. It made me smile. I remember the event so well. It’s hard to believe that almost 30 years have passed since it. It reminded … Continue reading
Lessons From A Wedding Anniversary
11-23am The way Mike & I work when it comes to wedding anniversaries is that one year he plans events and the next year I do. This year was Mike’s turn. We’ve just come back from Zanzibar and so we decided not … Continue reading
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My 10 Habits for Happy Couples
3-45pm My friend, Riana, shared on FB, an article written by Dr. Mark Goulston – it’s been read by over half a million people! The topic 10 Habits of Happy Couples. I agree with them & was tempted to put … Continue reading
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There Is Hope For Your Marriage
12-43pm With the divorce rate up at 50% both inside the church and out, many couples feel they go into marriage with an automatically built in escape route. “If it doesn’t work,” they say, “we’ll just get divorced.” Gone are … Continue reading
One Word That Has Made Our Marriage Work
2-25pm I remember listening to a Focus on the Family many years ago where one of the guests said differences between husband and wife is like money owed, while similarities are like money saved. I was horrified! As newly weds … Continue reading
Mike Married a Messy!
1-06pm Sue made a comment about the differences between she and her husband and it reminded me of the huge number of differences between Mike & I. I remember when I was moving out of the nurses’ home into the … Continue reading