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Sometimes 110% Just Isn’t Enough
All that work for a 20” x 30” painting?! One of the most important things you must learn to let go of if you expect to have a healthy and happy marriage is fairness. B-b-b-b-ut,...
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de Breuklijn means the Faultline in Dutch. This short film by director van der Zalm Teun reminds us that the way we treat our spouse affects our children more than we may ever know. Tears / De Breuklijn
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The Night I Almost Slept in the Chicken Coop
One evening last week I got home from work about an hour before my wife and daughters. I got a few things done around the house in that time but mostly I spent the time catching up on Breaking Bad...
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The Myth of Going Through the Motions
In a very insightful review of the movie The Descendants I read that there are no contemporary models for love in the second decade of marriage. The author implied that for this we must look to 19th...
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Do things ever seem to be going too well?
You know the feeling you sometimes get when everyone in your family is healthy, things are going well at work and the household is running smoothly? All seems to be right in the world — except there...
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How to Balance Your Thanksgiving with Some Healthy Discontent
A Moveable Thanksgiving Feast When my wife, Leslie and I lived in New York early in our marriage we realized one year we weren’t going to be able to travel back to Texas for Thanksgiving but we really...
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Husbands: Don’t be Guilty of ‘The Sin of Adam’ This Christmas
A PRO-TIP FOR MY FELLOW ‘FALLEN’ HUSBANDS “Sure, whatever you say dear“ Everybody knows the story of the Fall of Man. Eve was tempted by that shiny apple and all of the divine knowledge that it...
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Happy Valentine’s/Object Permanence Day!
By Daniel Hope “Ultimately, our souls aren’t thirsty for a love that purchases for us— our souls are thirsty for a love that searches for us.” - Dr. Kelly Flanagan Love and Object Permanence Some of...
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How loving yourself as a child can make you a better parent
by Daniel Hope At the McPhee Lecture with Rabbi Rami It’s true you haven’t seen a post or newsletter from me for a while now. I’ve missed writing and I’ve missed your responses and feedback. Since I...
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We should treat marriage with care but not because it’s fragile
by Daniel Hope A friend of mine recently included me in a conversation about an article entitled 10 ways you are being unfaithful to your spouse — and you don’t even know it. While I don’t agree with...
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