As I write this post / blog, I have recently celebrated 39 years of marriage with the wife of my youth, Tracie Baird. As she could testify, I am no relationship expert. Honestly, when the Lord passed out giftings, she was given (as are most women) the innate relationship abilities. I, on the other hand (like most men), have had to learn relationship and marriage through my own ineptness and difficult process. Tracie deserves an award for patience and stick-to-itiveness. Say what you want, marriage is hard work for the vast majority of us. Yes, there are some couples who find one another, and both have certain personality types which perfectly sync, and their journey is continual, blissful joy, but that dynamic is rare. You have probably heard the old saying that opposites attract. That is often the case. We like and are drawn to potential spouses which have strengths where we are potentially weak or lacking. The relationship should work well on paper, but in reality, it can be a bumpy road. And full discloser with regards to our marriage. We have journeyed 39 years together as husband and wife, but there were some bumpy, challenging times. We made some decisions along the way to refuse to call it quits no matter the challenges.
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