Marriage
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Happiness, Joy
A year or so ago while celebrating a milestone wedding anniversary one of our adult children asked if we could articulate the keys to a successful marriage. Carole went first. She spoke with intelligence and experience about the vital role communication must play when two human beings are committed to living together in support of Continue reading
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A Father’s Toast.
Daughter Allison got married last weekend. She was beautiful. The groom was handsome. The venue perfect. It was a good day to be a father. I gave a toast, preluded with a story, a father’s reminiscence, a bit of advice, and only then a raising of the glass. A few in attendance have asked for Continue reading
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What a man should know.
…pondering things a man should know… Continue reading
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Didion’s book
Joan Didion’s The Year of Magical Thinking is, I suspect, a milestone in the literature of grief. Not being familiar with the literature I assume it must be so; for hardly can I image a more braided, tangled, yet orderly assembly of emotions and observations. Delivered by a masterful voice that is always careful and Continue reading
...the house I live in... 