Lemonade

You are on vacation and are driving with your family.  As you go through a small town, you hear a strange sound coming from the car.  Pulling into an Auto repair shop, you learn that the car needs a new water-pump, which they have to order, and you will need to spend a night in…

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Ledger Book Thinking

“I met one woman in Georgia who has been married to her husband for over 60 years.  After being asked for her best relationship advice, she paused and then said, ‘Don’t be afraid to be the one who loves most.” – Nate Bagley I thought about this advice as I sat this week with a…

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Kindness

C.S. Lewis, the well-known author of many books including The Chronicles of Narnia, once said, “The worldly man treats certain people kindly because he ‘like’ them: the Christian, trying to treat everyone kindly, finds himself liking more and more people as he goes on – including people he could not even have imagined liking at…

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Keeping the Promise

One of the headlines this past November read, “Emails from Paramour Led To FBI Inquiry of Petraeus.”   We have no doubt all heard about the resignation of the decorated general that resulted from an affair that he had with his biographer.  It seems hard to believe that an illustrious career that was decades in the…

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K.R.M.F.

It was recently brought to my attention that there is a disease that most of us have experienced, if we are parents.  It is one that we have rarely named, but we know when it is happening.  One author calls it Kid-Related Marital Friction.  Even as I write that term, there are probably a variety…

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Just Maybe . . .

Have you ever walked in the door dreading the fact that you may need to have what could be an unpleasant conversation with your mate?  It could be some troublesome news about one of the kids, damage you did to the car, or a job-threatening conflict at work.  Whatever it is – you don’t want…

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