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  • Communication,  Decision to Love,  Romance

    It’s Not About the Dress

    July 6, 2018 / 2 Comments

    The wedding venue, the dress, the flowers, the photographer…when did all this get to be so important?  

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    Ken and Janine

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  • Communication,  Conflict,  Decision to Love,  Time

    Making Up is Hard to Do

    June 21, 2018 / No Comments

    Every married couple has conflicts- sometimes over the littlest things. Most conflicts are a result of our unmet expectations– I expected this, but instead that happened. We begin to feel hurt or disappointed. We begin to think we’re disrespected or that we’re unloved.

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    Ken and Janine

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  • Decision to Love,  Romance

    The Grass is Greener . . . Where You Water It

    May 15, 2018 / No Comments

    The Grass is Greener… I love the quote “The grass is greener where you water it.” It is especially appropriate this time of year when Wyoming is lush and green. I love the smell of lilacs and the wet earth as everything comes back to life after an incredibly long winter. It’s rhubarb and asparagus season and I can’t wait to see the green shoots pop their little heads above the soil. I enjoy looking over the fence to sneak a peek at the neighbor’s garden and kibbutz about garden plans. Tulips and daffodils are in full bloom and life couldn’t be better.

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    Tom and Mary Frances

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    March 30, 2020

    Verbal Judo – Harmonizing Your Tone of Voice

    September 14, 2025
  • Communication,  Conflict,  Decision to Love,  Time

    TGIF!

    April 4, 2018 / No Comments

    Tom and I can say “TGIF!” with very different ideas of what that might look like especially as Friday unfolds into Saturday and Sunday.  I need the weekend to get caught up on stuff and slip in a good workout to make up for slack time during the week.  If I approach the weekend with the attitude “I am the only one that gets anything done around here” and paint Tom as “Mr Slouch” it is pretty unlikely he will enjoy pitching in to help.

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    Tom and Mary Frances

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