My husband called me the B word on Valentine’s Day

We’re well past five positive interactions this morning, aren’t we? asked R as he wrapped his arms around me lovingly on Valentine’s Day.
Earlier we’d watched a CBS Sunday Morning story about the Chemistry of Love. The author of a soon-to-be-released [...]

i carry your heart

i carry your heart with me(i carry it in
my heart)i am never without it(anywhere
i go you go,my dear; and whatever is done
by only me is your doing,my darling)
i fear
no fate(for you are my fate,my sweet)i want
no world(for beautiful you are [...]

4 things I’ve learned from my relationship reboot

Over coffee a friend recently asked me what I’d learned so far from this marriage reboot experiment. This is what I told him:
I’ve been reminded that bridging the gap between an idea and an action is tricky. When I proposed [...]

The case of the reactive dog

Missy Moo came into our lives three weeks ago. She’s a charming, happy little mutt from a kill shelter in West Virginia, brought to NH by a dog rescue group. We think she’s probably shih tzu and poodle, though she’s [...]

The most romantic idea my guy has ever had

What we see depends mainly on what we look for. – Sir John Lubbock.
It’s easy, in a blog about rebooting a marriage after 20 years, to focus on the not-so-hot to the detriment of all the good. When I first [...]