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Marriage Manifesto

April 18, 2017 by Lanita Boyd

Marriage. What a wonderful and mysterious institution! My parents were married 74 years ago today, on my mother’s twentieth birthday. By the time I was aware of her celebrating both birthday and anniversary on the same day, she was saying how foolish she had been. But she’d always said she didn’t want to be a … [Read more…]

Posted in: aging Tagged: a good marriage, appreciation, marriage, mercy, mother who yells

No Doghouse Needed

February 14, 2017 by Lanita Boyd

Steve and I had a lovely trip to Key West last week. We’ve been often enough that we don’t waste a lot of time figuring out where things are. The many free maps available help to remind us of locations we’ve been to before. And we’ve tried so many great restaurants there that our challenge … [Read more…]

Posted in: marriage Tagged: Bai coconut water, Key West, laughing together, marriage, travel

Breakfast Companions

February 10, 2016 by Lanita Boyd

Yesterday morning for breakfast we were seated by a delightful couple from Canada. We often try to judge if strangers are our age or older or younger. This couple was probably a bit younger, but not much. Ann and Brian appeared to be a settled, older couple relaxing after retirement. In the course of the … [Read more…]

Posted in: marriage Tagged: Canada, Down Syndrome, fetal alcohol syndrome, marriage, travel

Gifts From the Heart

December 9, 2014 by Lanita Boyd

“What? Another language! I have enough trouble with English. You know that!” Charlie looked at us belligerently as we introduced Gary Chapman’s The Five Love Languages to our “Building Strong Marriages” class. Even though the idea of love languages fascinates me, I knew we had to sell the idea to Charlie. It seemed that this … [Read more…]

Posted in: gifts Tagged: children, gifts, love, love languages, marriage

Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart.
Psalm 37:4

I enjoy my roles as wife, mother, grandmother, teacher, speaker, writer, sister, niece, aunt, and friend. As the title indicates, these are just the musings I might share with you over a cup of coffee.

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