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    You Don’t Bring Me Flowers 💐

    October 23, 2022 / No Comments

    There’s an old Barbara Streisand / Neil Diamond song “You Don’t Bring Me Flowers” that sometimes hops to mind when we’re in a rough patch or we see other couples we know in a rough spot. Who would know how much a simple gift can impact your relationship as a couple? But beware! Even bringing flowers home can be more complicated than you’d expect.

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    Candid Chris

    March 7, 2022 / No Comments

    Michelle: When I was teaching third grade, one of the assignments I gave my students was to create and write about their own superhero.  One of my students, wrote about Buttered Toast Man. A three-pager about a guy whose job it was to save the world from dry toast.  What my students didn’t know is that I live with my very own superhero, my husband, Candid Chris. His superpower: tell people hard-hitting truths that they might not want to hear and probably want to acknowledge even less.  If I were writing his superhero story, I would include the time that Candid Chris said to our neighbor, “Sure your new car is great, but it…

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