Being Married

It takes something to get married: nerve, hope, a strong desire to make a certain statement -- and it takes something to stay married: more hope, determination, a sense of humor, and needs that are best met by being in a pair.
(Amy Bloom, writer in Words That Matter by The Editors of The Oprah Magazine, p. 23)
6 October 2015

Strong Marriages

Rain Barrel Presentation - Mr. Dickie

Spouses in strong marriages do not have a tendency to try to be someone they are not. There is no pretense. Each spouse knows the faults and failings of the other, and offers the other acceptance and forgiveness. Love and the marriage can grow when each spouse has made friends with the reality of who the other truly is.
(Cloud & Townsend, God Will Make A Way, p. 129)
24 March 2014

Dating

... the less [time one spends in addressing] ... problems in a dating relationship, the less likely these problems will be easy to deal with in marriage...

Photo: Mr. Dickie

... if you are in a dating relationship where you do not confront issues as they arise, you set yourself up for heartache later. ... [How someone] responds to confrontation helps you diagnose what kind of person he[/she] is. (Cloud & Townsend, Boundaries Face To Face, p. 204-205) 9 July 2013

Concerning Marriage

The biggest mistake people make [concerning marriage] is to think that marriage is a rational arrangement rather than an intense attempt to give life form and stability. (Thomas Moore, Dark Nights Of The Soul, p. 147) 18 May 2013

Marriage

[Marriage] ... can mature you like few other experiences can, but the process is neither easy nor entirely pleasurable. (Thomas Moore, Dark Nights Of The Soul, p. 148) 22 April 2013