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Read more about the article New Rule: No Crying on Date Night
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New Rule: No Crying on Date Night

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:September 18, 2023
  • Post category:Family/Healing
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Peter and I have a new rule: No crying on date night. We’ve been married for close to a quarter of a century, and we’ve been pretty religiously going out…

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Summer Loving

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:August 18, 2023
  • Post category:Family
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Peter and I had just under 48 hours away and alone together to ride bikes and sit on the beach and eat halibut and read and talk and walk along…

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July Introductions

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:July 7, 2023
  • Post category:Family/Parenting/Speaking/Writing
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Hi! For those of you who are new around here, I’m Amy Julia. This community grows almost daily, so here’s a short introduction. My husband, Peter, and I met in…

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Read more about the article The Ordinary Glory of Marriage

The Ordinary Glory of Marriage

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:June 12, 2023
  • Post category:Family
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We were married 24 years ago today.  It’s really hard to find words to convey the gratitude and wonder I feel, not only when I think about getting to be…

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Read more about the article 3 Questions We Asked That Really Helped Our Marriage

3 Questions We Asked That Really Helped Our Marriage

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:February 14, 2023
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Peter and I weathered a storm last year. It wasn’t one particular thing. It was years of being too busy to bring up the little things, and too tired to…

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Read more about the article The Most Important Thing We Do as a Married Couple

The Most Important Thing We Do as a Married Couple

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:August 6, 2022
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I used to think it was simply a gift that Peter and I still like each other after twenty-plus years of marriage. That we got lucky, that we were blessed.…

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