Category Archives: Marriage

Love. Times Three

Posted on July 31, 2019 by

One: Today is July thirty-first, which is a very important day for my brothers and me, as well as for our children and grandchildren down the line. On this day, seventy-eight years ago, our parents were married. I have written … Continue reading →

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Finding a Church Home: What We Looked For, What We Saw, Why We Landed Where We Did

Posted on May 10, 2019 by

Disclaimer: You may not be at all religious. I don’t care. I don’t know that I am religious in predictable ways, but I do believe that there are no atheists in fox holes. When your boat is sinking you pray … Continue reading →

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A Gift with Some Memories

Posted on March 3, 2019 by

The other day a friend from our former church in Arizona posted this on Facebook: “Name one thing that you learned from your father.” As I regularly don’t follow directions, I wrote two things, but they were woefully inadequate. Then … Continue reading →

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Gratitude in the Furniture Hospital Ward

Posted on January 30, 2019 by

There were years in our life together when my husband greeted each new morning saying, in an exaggerated Scottish brogue, “Glory be to Jesus, it’s a beautiful day.” But how do you keep gratitude in your life when the troubles … Continue reading →

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Our Hands Are Full

Posted on January 14, 2019 by

We are too old for this. Perhaps it is punishment for our sins. Maybe it is just the jest of the devil to make us curse our lot. It might be intended as a little entertainment, so others will sit … Continue reading →

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The Blessing of Our Last Home

Posted on August 27, 2018 by

On June 18th, I wrote a post called The Mixed Blessing of our Last Home. That seems like ages ago. Now we are a month away from closing on our new home, and we are eager to do that. We … Continue reading →

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The Mixed Blessing of Our Last House

Posted on June 18, 2018 by

We are selling our house and moving. As a disclaimer, this was my husband’s idea. He loves me very much, and it occurred to him that the discrepancy in our ages might cause some difficulties for me in the future. … Continue reading →

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A Parsec of Stress Prompts Delicious Escape

Posted on June 2, 2018 by

The sum of our ages added to the dollars needed to get our house ready to put on the market, multiplied by the task of finding the very last house we intend to buy, squared by the 1400 miles from … Continue reading →

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Take Two — A Bit of an Edge

Posted on April 29, 2018 by

My husband has yielded to my twisting of his arm — and you are my witnesses.  I am laying aside some other projects for the time being, as I have coerced my Navy Veteran husband to share some of his … Continue reading →

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Seasons of Life: Waiting for Babies

Posted on April 22, 2018 by

There are many seasons in life. This post is about just one season in my life, long ago when I was eagerly and then desperately waiting for babies. It is dedicated to the young people who are now in the … Continue reading →

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