http://www.toledofreepress.com/2012/08/23/family-practice-marriage-part-1-meet-the-parents/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=family-practice-marriage-part-1-meet-the-parents Toledo's Largest Sunday Newspaper Sun, 19 May 2013 11:09:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc http://www.toledofreepress.com/wp-content/themes/tfp/images/tfp_logo_small.gifhttp://www.toledofreepress.com15746The Toledo Free Press is a weekly newspaper in Toledo, Ohio. It was founded in 2005 by Thomas Pounds. http://www.toledofreepress.com/2012/08/23/family-practice-marriage-part-1-meet-the-parents/comment-page-1/#comment-499955 Lili Anderson Tue, 28 Aug 2012 02:30:38 +0000 http://www.toledofreepress.com/?p=45143#comment-499955 Shannon, this is a beautifully expressed tribute to your parents and their marriage. Thank you. I'm an individual, marriage, and family therapist and I echo all your conclusions. I particularly loved this phrasing, "good marriages are often mistaken for miracles when in reality they are masterpieces." So true. My husband and I just celebrated our 38th anniversary and could tell a similar story of raising 8 kids and now enjoying 22 grandchildren, with 3 coming and hopefully many more on the way :). Shannon, this is a beautifully expressed tribute to your parents and their marriage. Thank you. I’m an individual, marriage, and family therapist and I echo all your conclusions. I particularly loved this phrasing, “good marriages are often mistaken for miracles when in reality they are masterpieces.” So true. My husband and I just celebrated our 38th anniversary and could tell a similar story of raising 8 kids and now enjoying 22 grandchildren, with 3 coming and hopefully many more on the way :).

]]> http://www.toledofreepress.com/2012/08/23/family-practice-marriage-part-1-meet-the-parents/comment-page-1/#comment-497546 sandy nicnols Fri, 24 Aug 2012 02:07:46 +0000 http://www.toledofreepress.com/?p=45143#comment-497546 Thanks, Shannon, for your wonderful insight and salute to our 45 year marriage. I must say, for the most part, that Dad and I have usually been on the same page. When we aren't, we "discuss" the issue until it is solved. Dad agreed to my priorities of family and education from which most decisions were made. He also was a very involved dad as I was always there to remind him that kids grow up very fast. We truly enjoyed being parents and now find ourselves with four very independent children who are raising 9 very independent grandchildren. Sometimes we miss parenting, but have accepted going back to enjoying being a couple...and this couple is having fun. Thanks, Shannon, for your wonderful insight and salute to our 45 year marriage. I must say, for the most part, that Dad and I have usually been on the same page. When we aren’t, we “discuss” the issue until it is solved. Dad agreed to my priorities of family and education from which most decisions were made. He also was a very involved dad as I was always there to remind him that kids grow up very fast. We truly enjoyed being parents and now find ourselves with four very independent children who are raising 9 very independent grandchildren. Sometimes we miss parenting, but have accepted going back to enjoying being a couple…and this couple is having fun.

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