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  • 25 Conversation Starter Questions on Sexuality
  • 50 Questions to ask your spouse besides “How was your day?”
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  • Emotional Bank Account
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  • Decision to Love

    Ahh, Leap Year, 366 Days to Love Your Lover

    February 11, 2024 / No Comments

    Happy Valentines Day to Our Readers! Leap Year is a gift! An extra day to Love Your Lover. If you are reading this on Monday, you may be scrambling to find roses that won’t cost a small fortune for Valentine’s Day or find a babysitter for that special dinner. Good Luck! If you are reading this on Saturday morning over a cup of coffee and that fancy Valentine’s date is a warm glow in the rear-view mirror, Read on.

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    Tom and Mary Frances

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    What Happened to the Person I Married?

    January 20, 2020

    Making Decisions as a Couple is a 3-Legged Race

    June 5, 2022
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    Making Up is Hard to Do

    August 28, 2022
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    Be Curious

    December 17, 2023 / 1 Comment

    Oh, to Be Curious like a child. If you have young kids or grandchildren, you know what we mean. “Why” and “How” are innocent questions, filled with wonder and awe. Pure curiosity.

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    December 25, 2025
    Happy Thanksgiving

    Happy Thanksgiving!

    November 25, 2024

    Autumn is Proof that Change is Beautiful

    October 6, 2024
  • Accountability

    Get Real!

    October 30, 2023 / 3 Comments

    How does one describe a Journey without talking about the people who walk with you and influence your passage through life. Fr. Tom Ogg was one such companion and his message to “Get Real!” has been emblazoned on our hearts.

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    Making Up is Hard to Do

    August 28, 2022

    Mistakes Made During Conflict

    May 18, 2026

    Table Talk

    April 25, 2022
  • Perseverance,  Stress,  Time

    Life Outside Our Comfort Zone

    September 24, 2023 / No Comments

    Life outside our comfort zone has benefits. When we challenge ourselves to step outside our comfort zone, it brings growth and fulfillment. Unfortunately, the fear of failure can sometimes keep us in the safe zone.

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    Tom and Mary Frances

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    What did we sign up for?

    December 25, 2019

    How to FIX Your Spouse

    July 12, 2020

    What Happened to the Person I Married?

    January 20, 2020
  • Communication

    Say What You Mean, Mean What You Say

    August 13, 2023 / 1 Comment

    Seriously, Don’t hide the chocolate! Lesson learned: “Say what you mean. Mean what you say.”

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    What are you passionate about?

    November 18, 2019

    A Love That Surprises and Remembers

    February 10, 2020

    What Happened to Our Passion?

    April 1, 2019
  • Decision to Love

    Mud in the Backyard

    July 9, 2023 / No Comments

    Mud in the backyard. You might think there is a metaphor in that. Maybe there is.

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    Married Singles

    May 6, 2019
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    Money Can’t Buy Me Love… 😍

    May 23, 2021

    In Sickness and In Health

    July 13, 2026
  • Grief,  Honesty,  Making Decisions,  Stress

    Out of the Mouth of Babes

    April 16, 2023 / No Comments

    Out of the Mouth of Babes . . . Several weeks ago, we got a 7-month old standard poodle, Jazzy. Our 2 cats were quite perturbed as they had not been included in the decision. They were rampant with emotion and the cat tree became their safe haven.

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    5 Things I Wish I’d Done Differently

    June 26, 2023
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    The World Turned Upside-Down

    October 13, 2025

    Grieving in Isolation

    May 11, 2020
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    Life is Full of Risks

    March 6, 2023 / 2 Comments

    Life is full of Risks. Financial, emotional, and physical – we take them all the time. There is nothing more endearing than hearing, “Again! Again! Again!” after swinging a toddler in the air. Children instinctively take risks. As we age, risk taking becomes intentional, calculated and requires effort, but staying in the safe zone is also taking a risk.

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    Have New Year’s Resolutions Become Cliche?

    December 26, 2022

    Happy Labor Day!

    August 31, 2025

    Easter Blessings:

    April 20, 2025
  • Accountability,  Differences

    Opposites Don’t Attract — They Attack

    January 29, 2023 / 1 Comment

    Let’s debunk the myth that “Opposites attract” once and for all. We are attracted to our spouse because they complement us. They bring completeness to our lives. In a relationship completeness is more than finding the missing piece to a puzzle. When the puzzle is done, it’s satisfying, but no longer fun and interesting.

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    Running Up A Downward Escalator 

    May 11, 2026

    Yelping My Spouse Round One

    April 20, 2026

    More Than a Piece of Paper

    July 19, 2021
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    Have New Year’s Resolutions Become Cliche?

    December 26, 2022 / No Comments

    Millions of people make New Year’s resolutions. Some make the same resolution year after year. It doesn’t take statistics to show we are not great at keeping them. Have New Year’s resolutions become cliche? Or are we making the wrong resolutions, or the right resolutions but for the wrong reasons?

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    February 14, 2022

    Uh Oh, I Really Stepped In It Now

    February 16, 2025
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    Gratitude — It’s All Around US

    November 22, 2021
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