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Every older married couple says it, and every newlywed couple hears it: "Marriage is hard work." It's almost the institution's unofficial slogan at this point, and for good reason—half of all marriages end in divorce or separation. For some, marriage is a dream. For others, it's a nightmare.
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From Dean Jagger to Marie Windsor and Donny Osmond to Gladys Knight, Mormons have shined throughout their careers in the entertainment industry.
“My husband has been unemployed for several years, and I don’t see him making any efforts to provide for us. How can I overcome my resentment?”
He looked up and whispered, "Do you know where my Mommy is . . . ?" My mama-heart wrenched inside of my chest as I said, "Yeah, buddy. . . She's in heaven." We sat in silence for a moment. "Do you know who she's with?" I whispered.
What a beautiful quote from this piece: When doors of grief close our minds, the doors of heaven can open our hearts. President Howard W. Hunter explained, “Our detours and disappointments are the straight and narrow path to Him.”
What are some dangerous, but all-too-common communication patterns we might be using that are dangerous in a marriage or any relationship?
The LDS.net article is an English translation of a Spanish article. The original piece can be found at MormonSud.org.
Peter M. Johnson was born November 1966 in Jamaica, Queens, New York City. He is the fourth of five children born to McKinley Johnson and Geneva Paris Long. McKinley Johnson affiliated with the Baptist church; Geneva with the Jehovah’s Witnesses. Elder Johnson remains grateful that a belief in God was established and encouraged in their home.
Recently, an NPR podcast cleared up common misconceptions people both inside and outside the Church have about the Mormon practice of polygamy in the 1800s, sharing how the practice actually empowered women in complex ways. The podcast featured Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, a Harvard professor who recently published the book A House Full of Females: Plural Marriage and Women's Rights in Early Mormonism.