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Continuing with our recipe for cooking up a wonderful marriage, today we’ll add another essential ingredient: service. And let’s be clear about this - we’re talking about mutual service. Each partner diligently and joyfully finding opportunities to
Lessons from Nature: Slow Down and Learn! I suppose one of the core reasons I keep going out into nature with my camera in recent years is to experience the unique tension of exciting encounters that only
Ingredients for a Delightful Marriage: GRACE So far in our recipe for how to create and maintain a delightful marriage relationship, we have covered the importance of work and play. Now let’s talk about an often overlooked
Recipe for a Delightful Marriage: PLAY There is no doubt about it: having fun being playful together has always been a key ingredient to keeping my own marriage delightful and strong. My wife and I have a
(This image of an osprey delivering a nice sturdy branch to its nest will make sense. I hope. Just read…)Ingredients for a Delightful Marriage: WORK I know. “Fun” was the first ingredient I listed in my previous
Ingredients for a Delightful Marriage My wife and one of our dearest friends have established a rhythm of cooking together once a week or so over the last few months. The heart to heart conversations, adventure of
Lessons From Nature: Find Your Element From time to time, I’ll be sharing articles inspired by my experiences and perspectives gleaned from excursions in nature as I seek out interesting wildlife and moments of beauty - my
Facing the Hard Things This image is one of my all-time favorites. For so many reasons! Several years ago, my wife and son and I got to go on a dream vacation with our best friends to
What really pushes your buttons and steams you up? Getting stuck in traffic that’s barely crawling. Or just being at the mercy of a driver you’re calling a/an _______ because they _______. Having your best efforts to
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