Lately we’ve had several “all hands on deck” issues arise that have eaten up some of my writing time, so here are three quick thoughts for a busy Monday…
A tip of the hat to those courageously committing to marriage these days. We had the opportunity to attend the wedding of a family member yesterday in a suburb of Ft. Worth, masking and social distancing precautions observed throughout, with the families involved handling the atypical yet joyous occasion masterfully.
If you listen to the mainstream media today, you’ll hear marriage rates are falling and the traditional family generally disparaged, yet the traditional family unit appears to continue to be associated with happiest and most satisfied partners and the most engaged children who grow into productive adults. There are always outliers, but the data remains impressively supportive of the family.
The day before, my lovely wife and I celebrated 39 years of marriage together, and the thoughts on marriage I penned roughly a year ago still ring true for us today.
And there’s an interesting video going around espousing the healing and transformative power of wild water swimming; we have several friends who routinely swim the great freestone rivers of the Northern Rockies, and weather (and water temperature!) permitting, we plan to join them in Montana in a few weeks.
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