The Gift Of Insight: Written Words Of Marriage Wisdom
Outskirts Press
ISBN13:
9781977208682
$14.11
This collection of advice serves as reminders for those long married; guidance for those struggling in their relationship; and courage for those considering getting married. My husband and I eloped to Belize in 1996. We inserted a 3" X 5" notecard and envelope into each announcement and requested our friends and family return the notecard with written words of wisdom as their gift. Twenty years later, in 2016, I pulled the notecards out of storage and realized their value. I hope you find them as useful as we do. What did I learn from this exercise? As I read each note, I placed it next to similar insights; piles began to form. Those piles became chapters. I realized than no advice had more value than any other. Who was I to say what was most important? Thus, I ordered the chapters based on what seemed to have the most gravity first (respect, compromise, trust, forgiveness) and the long-term advice at the end (humor, patience, wisdom). In the end, I learned it takes maturity, a sense of self, and hard work to develop and maintain a marriage. Nothing new or flashy, no cure-all; simply salt-of-the-earth advice from those who lived it. I had the benefit of knowing all of the authors. I valued the pride the long-married had in their wisdom. And I now take away tools to use to cherish and honor our marriage. It is more than worth it.
- | Author: Jodi Breckenridge Petit, Jodi Breckenridge Petit Phd
- | Publisher: Outskirts Press
- | Publication Date: Feb 22, 2019
- | Number of Pages: 108 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 1977208681
- | ISBN-13: 9781977208682
- Author:
- Jodi Breckenridge Petit, Jodi Breckenridge Petit Phd
- Publisher:
- Outskirts Press
- Publication Date:
- Feb 22, 2019
- Number of pages:
- 108 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Paperback
- ISBN-10:
- 1977208681
- ISBN-13:
- 9781977208682