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Gotta Laugh
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Cheryl Petersen
Oh sure, my last blog post is about making marriage work and this morning my husband wakes up grumpy and not exactly nice. Doug does apologize before going to work, but I could feel my brain triggering anger. I stood my ground with God, with the New Testament concept of a God of Love, Spirit.…
What Keeps a Marriage Together?
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Cheryl Petersen
Human lifestyles or attitudes are not what keep a relationship intact. Truth keeps relationships intact. And the truth is we have to be adaptable in this world or else we adapt to all the materialism, consumerism, isolation, heartache, and deluge of information in the world. When I first met Doug, we clicked. We both were…
Four Legged Grandchildren
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Cheryl Petersen
At first I crinkled my nose when I was introduced as “Grandma.” Not so much because I was WAY TOO YOUNG to be a grandma but because I was being referred to as a grandma to doggies and a kitty. When I was a kid, we had pets, but they lived outside with the trees…
Give-and-Take in Marriage
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Cheryl Petersen
My husband and I compromise. However, the give-and-take is not a symptom of, “If you do this, I’ll do that,” syndrome. We compromise by applying spiritual rules of common sense, forgiveness, and honesty. The hardest part is not getting set in our ways and then thinking we can compromise with spiritual rules. Spiritual rules are…
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