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I’ve been blessed to be married to my wife for almost 20 years. It hasn’t always been easy; we work on it all the time.
To help enhance your marriage, here is a list of relationship books that have helped us. They are in no particular order, and I’ve included brief reviews. You can find them in print, digital, and audio formats in stores, online, or at your local library.
Now’s the time of the year when it can be easy to stop your exercise program and wait for the weather to turn. But, it doesn’t have to be that way! There are ways to beat the cold weather without having to head inside, and to keep running during winter.
If you’ve been a military spouse for at least a few days, you probably know that this life is a little unpredictable. Somedays, it makes us happier than a 5-year-old at Christmas, then a few moments later, we crumble into big, smoldering pile of ugly-crying heartbreak. It can be exhausting, I tell you. In my personal journey as the spouse of my beloved infantryman, my emotions have stretched from enthusiastic optimistic to Debbie-Downer pessimistic of epic proportions.
Two weeks ago I was in a great mood as I left my office. I was driving home, and I didn’t to come to a complete stop at a stop sign. Just coming from Korea, most of us know that road signs and signals are considered “optional” over there, and these bad habits, well… they carry over back to the states.
So, you can imagine that I was not even remotely surprised when I saw the flashing red and blue lights come out behind me.
I didn’t have any doubts about us getting through my first year married to my husband. I knew there would be a lot of firsts and possible challenges. My mother told me that the first year of marriage can be trying, especially if you’ve never lived with your spouse before. Not only would it be a lot of fun, it would test my limits and help us understand each others’ quirks.
Whether you are visiting Fort Hamilton for the weekend, on PCS, or calling it home for the next few years, there are a variety of activities and places to visit in the Brooklyn neighborhood. The trouble will be deciding what to do first. Home to over 2.5 million people, Brooklyn is a cultural epicenter. And because of this diversity, Brooklyn has many interesting things to offer.
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