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What I Think About on 9/11

When I think about September 11, 2001, I don’t think of the terrorists. I don’t think about the conspiracy theories floating around out there that our own government is responsible for the attacks. I don’t think about how much it changed our world and how we live in it basically overnight. No, when I think about the events that happened on September 11, 2001, my mind inevitably returns to the cloudy, partly rainy morning at our house in Jacksonville. The phone rang. It was my dad asking if I was watching the news. “No.” “Turn it on. I’ll wait.” “What … Continue reading →

The Marriage Blog Week in Review: November 11-17

Is it really Saturday already? It seems kind of crazy that we’re already here, when I was just writing up the week in review last week. But here we are. It’s been an eventful week here at the marriage blog as we approach our first anniversary, we also crossed the 1,000th post line and Sherry and I continued our point and counterpoint in Marriage Debates. You’ll see changes taking place over the next week as we close in on Thanksgiving with a little re-organization and the adding of topics here and there. As always, we want to hear from you … Continue reading →

Remarrying? Things to Think About

After a divorce or a widowing, the widow, the widower and the divorcee is not going to be immediately thinking about marrying again. In fact, the average person needs at least 2 years after such an event before they are willing to even consider marriage again. There are a number of things to think about when you are deciding whether you are ready or not and whether the relationship you are in is ready for marriage or not. Among the things to think about are: If you have children, you need their input – even if they are young children. … Continue reading →

Menopause and Muscle Tone

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About a year ago, I got out of the shower. I was surprised to looked down and see my grandmother’s legs. No, my beloved, dearly departed grandmother hadn’t come into the bathroom. But, I noticed my legs had started to look like hers. Before you ask how I knew so much about my grandmother’s legs, let me explain. I lived with my grandmother for almost twenty years after the death of my mother when I was 19. My grandfather had died about five years before that. With my father remarrying, I decided to spend my 20’s and most of my … Continue reading →

Blended Families

Remarrying when there are children involved is complicated. There are so many things to take into consideration. It can be a time of great happiness, but it can also be a time of chaos and misunderstanding. Communication is key. Discuss things with your new spouse and the children before the marriage has taken place. It is important that everybody is on the same page. Lots of changes are happening all at once and the more you communicate with your children the easier that transition will be for them. It gives them a chance to prepare themselves for the changes that … Continue reading →

Setting Up Your First Budget as a Couple

Newlyweds face many challenges as they seek to form their own family unit. They struggle to get along with in-laws, they have to put up with their spouse’s snoring and bad habits, and they must learn to think in terms of “us” instead of “me.” Perhaps one of the most difficult challenges they face is that of constructing a budget for their new household. Engaged couples do well to sit down together and look over their financial status, making important decisions for their future. Will they both continue to work, or will one stay home? Will they keep both their … Continue reading →

Buried in the Middle

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Courtney has had a couple of interesting articles lately that I would like to touch base with. In one of her more recent articles she describes how she and Wayne have talked about their funeral arrangements. No one really likes to discuss their partner or any of their other loved ones passing away. However, it does happen and knowing the wishes of one another is a good idea. In her article Courtney discussed how one of her friends brought it to her attention that although she has things planned out for her and Wayne, a new wife for Wayne may … Continue reading →

Funeral Arrangements: Loyalty to Dead Wife or New Wife?

In When Death Does You Part, Then What?, I wrote about the funeral arrangements disagreement Wayne and I’d had. Somehow I got to discussing this with one of my volleyball cohorts the other night. “But what if you die before Wayne and he remarries? What if his current wife wants to be buried next to him? Or what if it’s vice versa and your new husband wants to be cremated and mixed in with your remains and spread somewhere?” Now there’s an interesting question. It’s hard for me to imagine being remarried. It’s even more difficult to think of Wayne … Continue reading →

Do You Regret Your Divorce?

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Recently I was driving down the road and took notice to a new duet song by Reba McIntire that referred to taking her children to meet her ex-husband every other weekend. Many couples likely follow this same routine. They pack up the children and head off to meet their ex-spouse for the every other weekend visit. However the story line of this song may be what sets it apart from the typical divorced couple. The two ex-mates that are meeting up to exchange the children are doubting the divorce. They long for one another and the meetings are awkward. This … Continue reading →

Roe Messner Remarries

The husband of Tammy Faye married on December 7th in Las Vegas and some thought it a bit shocking. Roe Messner is best known as the second husband of Tammy Faye Bakker. Tammy Faye was the well known and beloved wife of televangelist Jim Bakker – best known as the mastermind behind the PTL Network and the Christian theme park Heritage USA. Roe Messner was the contractor who built the popular Heritage USA resort and a friend of the Bakker’s. But things turned ugly in March 1987, when Jessica Hahn said Bakker had raped her then staff member Messner paid … Continue reading →