Monthly Archives: May 2005

back from the dead

May 29, 2005 – 11:30 pm

Rachel had a birthday during the week and wanted to have a friends-only party on Friday night. That meant would we mind moving out for the night and could she have a few friends over to stay the night. We trust her so we agreed, but I warned her we might gate-crash the party at [...]

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lemon chicken without the chicken

May 20, 2005 – 11:29 pm

A quiet night tonight. Just my wife and me. No kids, no TV. Plenty of time to talk, have a glass or two of wine, talk, cook dinner together (lemon chicken and vegetables – without the chicken), talk, spend time connecting, making up for a week of business. Did I mention talking?

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failure to love

May 16, 2005 – 10:13 pm

It takes two people to make marriage work and in the end it only takes one to break it. But marriage is hardly ever broken in one blow. I think that when it dies it most often dies by a long slow habitual failure to love. The little things have consequences as well as the [...]

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