Transitions Can Help a Marriage Grow, Change

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My toddler son and I were casually lying on the floor doing carpet angels (snow angels on berber) when he unexpectedly turned and smiled adoringly. With a whoosh of warmth I smiled lovingly back. And then he smacked me with a video cover.

Promptly, yet firmly, I said that was a no-no, an owie, a big ixnay, to which he quivered his lip and smiled adoringly. And then he hit me with the video cover again. It wasn't until later that I realized my 2-year-old was teaching me about marriage, in which there are many things nigh unto a continual smack in the face with the repeat video cover and a seeming lack of change. But most often there is change, imperceptible though it may be, because marriage is a process, a long-term process.

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Transitions Can Help a Marriage Grow, Change

Every marriage has "video covers," issues that affect the relationship but take a long time to deal with. What's important is the ...

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