Today’s post is written by my friend Lisa McLean. While this month is about marriage, making friends with folks who are working to stick with it is vital. Friends make our marriages better. Know yourself to stay married. In ICC, I learned the phrase “Know yourself to lead yourself,” which means that if you don’t know yourself and what makes you tick, you won’t be able to be in control of your feelings and actions.…
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My husband Gary gave me a trip to Hawaii for our tenth wedding anniversary. It just happened to last two years and included our six kids and household goods. With the kids, ages 8 years and younger with one on the way, we discovered within a year of arriving in Hawaii that I had Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. If you do have to have a serious illness, I can recommend to do that in Hawaii. I just…
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I made my husband cry within the first weeks of marriage. During 31 years We have fought about money. We have fought over where to travel to see who. We have fought over whose memory is more accurate 🙂 depending on the issue. We have fought over frictional force formulas when trying to help kids with homework. Among other topics. (both engineers) Everyone’s list is different but likely long. In conflict we either go to…
Leave a CommentLong-distance dating meant something different back in 1986 before cellphones and the internet. I lived in Rhode Island. Gary lived in Maryland. When we got together weekends were fully packed. One weekend in particular illuminates one of our differences. The cliff walk in Newport hugs one side of the perimeter along Newport’s famed mansions of storied Gilded Age families such as Rockefeller and Vanderbilt. One of our weekends we took that walk. I recall all…
Leave a CommentWhen it comes to using time to accomplish something worthy, I’ve often thought in terms of the year, the quarter, the week, or even the day. But I have learned that it’s in the smallest unit of time where opportunity for hope and growth lives. This month marks Gary’s and my 31st wedding anniversary. I can hardly believe it—it feels too soon to be this far along! I’m grateful for the miracle of these years,…
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Sometimes in life, you get the chance to have a friend with whom you get past competition and comparison. Cathie Boulden was that friend for me. Cathie and I were different enough to have some real rough spots in our friendship but in the end we accepted each other as is: beloved. “Isn’t that what friendship is all about: giving to each other the gift of our Belovedness?” -Henri Nouwen. I share my honor to…
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