Love and Respect

Just finished a life changing book "Love and Respect". Every couple should read this book! If you are not christian, you'll need to do some dancing with the language, but the informtion offered up is universal regardless of your religious beliefs.  It will take a strong positive reltionship and make it even better, and it will take a relationship on the brinks of ending and save it.  Read it!!!

Remember men are from mars and women from venus?  That's why our communications miss all the time. Women are looking out of pink glasses and hearing out of pink ears, and men are looking out of blue glasses and hearing out of blue ears. What women say is not what men hear and vice versa. This book has hit it on the nose explaining with tons of examples what we're all missing, and how to decipher the opposite sexes codes. It explains exactly what men need, and what women need, and they are not the same thing at all. I'm talking about our deepest needs. In some ways it's subtle, and in others not at all! It's something I've never heard before, and the understanding of it has lifted a huge load off of me that I didn't even know was there. It brought me a new sense of balance and freedom.

I don't want to say more, because you really need to read it yourselves to "get it!".  only $3.99 on kindle.

Love and Respect for a Lifetime: Women Absolutely Need Love. Men Absolutely Need Respect. Its as Simple and as... by Emerson Eggerichs (Oct 5, 2010)

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The other book that complements this one is:

The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate by Gary D Chapman (Dec 17, 2009) - Kindle eBook

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this will also help couples in their communications. 

OK, I know what's coming next... are John and I having problems?  The answer is definitely NO! we're doing great, and with this new information, the magic between us just keeps growing stronger all the time! :)

Enjoy the reading, and keep on growing :)

The Season is winding down

And what a season it's been! Full of activities, friends, both old and new; beading, music, trips (King ranch; corpus Fish Hatchery; Alpaca farm outside sinton; broasted chicken dinner at A Wine of Mine in Aransas Pass with 18 friends; an 8 hour excursion Deep Sea fishing with Dolphin Dock out of Port Aransas with 9 friends, a trip to Goliad and the Presidio and mission with jerry and Joan; surf fishing on Mustang Island with our friends and old neighbors from Menomonie, Susan and Scott Springer; hiking with Krystal at Charlie's Pasture (Port A); fishing on the ship canal with Joan and Jerry and Krystal and Andrew; Oh can't forget the trips to the Candy store out on the island either. then there's been Mens lunch out, Ladies Lunch out (I made a couple of those), Couples Lunch out, Movie Night at the clubhouse, potlucks, the Christmas Eve Sing along program, Dulcimer Jams, Music Jams, Texas Holdem Monday and Friday nights for John, chi gong classes on tuesday and Thursday mornings, john's morning coffee Monday thru saturday, Ice cream social and card bingo on Sundays, happy hour with friends, dinner switchoff with jerry and joan has been a great time - they cook one night, us the next, has given us all great social time, and kept us out of the restaurants a bit!

Wow! All this and our duties as Activity Coordinators this season for our park, we've been pretty busy. I already knew this, but listing it out here makes me truly appreciate it all! Being the activity coordinators was a challenging and sometimes heart wrenching position, but it has helped me to grow, make new friends, and become better at communicating, and those are great things. Getting out and being with people has been wonderful for me. I have never had so many friends, and I finally understand how wonderful friendship really is. No more locking myself away from happy, openminded interesting people. I have to say thank you to all who've made this winter a great thing!
Something i've been wanting to do all my life is play music with others, and along with the jams, Claire  Troyer made that possible. we've been doing some wonderful classical music on cello and piano on monday evenings, and it's so much fun! Having a polished musician to play with is
extraordinary! i want more of this! Much more. I'm looking for someone to create with and do gigs... and I believe it will happen.

It's been good for John too. He's also made many new friends. The really biggie for him is that he found the ecigarette and has quit smoking - after 50 years and countless tries, he's done it! Pam and Gary Greenbush and Ellen and Denny are responsible for that, and I can't thank them enough for sharing their discovery with him. Sharing is the key to life! When we share our talents and gifts, discoveries and joys with each other, we all grow.