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WED LIVE! ABCs of Marriage

February 22, 2012 By Guest Writer Leave a Comment

Thank you to our friends Sheri & Bob Stritof at About.com for their Marriage ABCs. Do you agree with their list?

A
Abandon Selfishness and Be Open to Change
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ABCs of Marriage (Photo from www.forevermemoriesllc.com)

B
Bestow Praise on One Another
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WED LIVE! ~ Thought for Today: Dreams

February 22, 2012 By Guest Writer Leave a Comment

I dreamed of a wedding of elaborate elegance.
A church filled with family and friends.
I asked him what kind of a wedding he wished for.
He said one that would make me his wife.
~ Anonymous

Be My Wife (Photo from www.reception-wedding.com)

TIP TUESDAY ~ Thought for Today: Phyllis Diller

February 21, 2012 By Guest Writer Leave a Comment

Never go to bed mad.
Stay up and fight.
~ Phyllis Diller

Phyllis Diller (Photo by Allan Warren)

MONEY MONDAY ~ Thought for Today: Gene Perret

February 20, 2012 By Guest Writer Leave a Comment

We have the greatest pre-nuptial agreement in the world.
It’s called love.
~ Gene Perret

Premarital Agreement (Photo from www.dexknows.com)

Thought for Today: Eternity

February 19, 2012 By Guest Writer Leave a Comment

Love is a symbol of eternity.
It wipes out all sense of time,
destroying all memory of a beginning and all fear of an end.
~ Anonymous

Eternity (Photo from www.kirstinhanssen.wordpress.com)

History Lesson: Confetti

February 18, 2012 By tBS Editor Leave a Comment

Confetti originated as part of the pagan wedding ritual. After the marriage ceremony had taken place, the happy couple would be showered with grain, a well know symbol of fertility, to wish them a fruitful union.

Happy Couple (Photo from www.weddingcenter.com)

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Thought for Today: Rita Rudner

February 18, 2012 By Guest Writer Leave a Comment

Before I met my husband, I’d never fallen in love.
I’d stepped in it a few times.
~ Rita Rudner

Watch Your Step! (Photo from www.blogs.aljazerra.net)

Thought for Today: Cher

February 17, 2012 By Guest Writer Leave a Comment

Husbands are like fires -
they go out when they’re left unattended.
~ Cher

Make It Burn! (Photo from www.backgroundpictures.org)

Interracial Marriage in US Hits New High: 1 in 12

February 16, 2012 By Guest Writer Leave a Comment

Thanks to MSNBC for first publishing this article on interracial marriage.

Interracial marriages in the U.S. have climbed to 4.8 million — a record 1 in 12 — as a steady flow of new Asian and Hispanic immigrants expands the pool of prospective spouses. Blacks are now substantially more likely than before to marry whites.

Interracial Marriage on the Rise (Photo by John-Francis Bourke)

A Pew Research Center study, released Thursday, details a diversifying America where interracial unions and the mixed-race children they produce are challenging typical notions of race.

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