• Thought For The Day

    Wedded Bliss

    I continue to wonder how things can go so wrong. On what ought to be an exciting and happy day, it never ceases to amaze me what people do, or have done, in the hours (days, weeks) preceding the ceremony. Sometimes pre-marital counseling helps blunt the shocking reality of two people coming together in a relationship that changes everything. Unfortunately, many couples have already lived together prior to the wedding, and that just adds to the probability that things will go wrong. Prior marriages, or relationships that have included those things reserved for marriage create impossible expectations, and often almost insurmountable obstacles. (If you are wondering how I know these things – I…