A long silence online is usually a sign of a busy life behind!  And so very true.  We have so many rooms ripped up in renos and only now are starting to see completion.  Both boys bedrooms, bathroom, kitchen, front entrance, storage rooms and all of them have to be empty before the work can be done.  New floors, new paint jobs and new counters/ ( Read more... )

With each believing the other to be
a giver of love, a sharer of sorrow,
a bringer of joy
and a reason for living

[Bride]
and
[Groom]

invite you to share a day of happiness
as they begin a life of love
on Saturday, August the nineteenth
nineteen hundred and ninety-five
at four o'clock in the afternoon
at the home of
Tom and HIlma Sinkinson
on Richbar Road
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Patience is a virtue.
Time heals all wounds.

The English language is full of quick quotes on how time is a reasonable thing to allow to pass. It cautions us to slow down and allow the ease of fates to work their magic. It is echoed over and over in religious scriptures on 'waiting for God' or allowing divine intervention to answer in their own ( Read more... )

November 2008 I wrote a post on an article I found that consisted of 8 over simplified tools.

I came across an article today: How to Make It Work Tools for Healthy [any] Relationship by Brian Frederick. As I started reading through it I found a lot of “good intentions” and very easily spouted ideals. It also sounded a lot like something that ( Read more... )

I made a quote regarding happiness and Spouses a couple of days back.   It apparently hit a button in some.  You know what shiny buttons inspire!   * finger rapidly taps the button over and over*

Lets get the disclaimers over right off the bat.   I am NOT against divorce, NOR am I against understanding how a spouse can IMPACT your own happiness...  ( Read more... )

" It used to be that people would leave their spouse because of violence, alcoholism, no support, serious character deficiencies, infidelity, abuse, ...  you know.. like serious issues.  Now I hear from men and women alike ... how they think it's just time to leave because they are not happy.

What does that mean?  and why should relationships end ( Read more... )

May 2009

Dear Parent(s):

Parents are the primary and most important educators of their children, especially in matters related to faith and morals.  Our role as Catholic educators is to support you in teaching your children in these matters.  This letter is to keep you informed regarding human sexuality instruction in your child's classroom.

The human ( Read more... )

There comes a point in your life when you realize

who matters,

who never did,

who won't anymore...

and who always will.

So, don't worry about people from your past,

there's a reason why they ( Read more... )

Nothing challenges me more than an ultimatum. A declaration said with firm back and raised chin as a definitive be-all-end-all answer. It is a call to arms for me regardless if I believe in the statement myself or not. The world I pursue ebbs and flows through the greys and I constantly strive for balance and understanding.

I came across an ( Read more... )

It has been a year this coming Monday since the Rock Bottom.  It was the point when Shane and I found ourselves in a pattern of behavior that was NOT who we truly wanted to be or who we could live with.   We did not want to live without each other.. but we knew too that the people we had become were FAR from who we had started to date, or pledged ( Read more... )