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  • Emotional Bank Account
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  • The Power of Positive: Examples of Converting Negatives about our Relationship to Positives
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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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    Post-Holidays – Blues or Bliss?🎄📦

    January 8, 2023
    Being right

    Is “Being Right” Really Right?

    March 20, 2023

    Overcoming Apathy in our Marriage

    October 12, 2020
  • Uncategorized

    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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    Tom and Mary Frances

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    It Don’t Come Easy

    April 1, 2024

    Start Intentional Gifting and Celebrate Your Valentine All Year

    February 14, 2022

    The Power of Gratitude in Marriage

    November 17, 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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    Tom and Mary Frances

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    Marriage Is a Teeter-Totter Ride

    July 18, 2022
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    In Sickness and In Health

    September 20, 2021

    Playing Games

    July 19, 2026
  • 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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    Haven’t we had this fight before?

    October 21, 2019

    April 19th

    April 19, 2021

    Does Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder?

    September 10, 2023
  • 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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    Tom and Mary Frances

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    I Can’t Change My Spouse

    August 7, 2022
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    The 4 Horsemen

    March 13, 2023

    Haven’t we had this fight before?

    October 21, 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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    Tom and Mary Frances

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    The Busy Train

    January 15, 2024

    Supporting Your Spouse While Maintaining Individuality

    October 4, 2020

    Dancing in the Kitchen

    August 12, 2019
  • 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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    So Over COVID!

    May 25, 2020

    Rewind

    September 26, 2022

    The Healing Power of Touch

    July 22, 2024
  • Uncategorized

    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

    Easter Blessings:

    April 20, 2025

    December 25, 2023
  • 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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    Help Us Make The Couples Post Better

    May 8, 2022
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    Running Up A Downward Escalator 

    May 11, 2026

    The Grace of Healing

    April 28, 2025
  • Uncategorized

    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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    Gratitude — It’s All Around US

    November 22, 2021

    Making Decisions as a Couple is a 3-Legged Race

    June 5, 2022

    Be Curious

    December 17, 2023
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