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How to Maximize the Night Owl vs Early Bird Trade-Off
I’m the early bird. I’m typically awake when the first glimmer of light peeks through the curtains. I lie there and doze, but by 6:00 a.m. I decide it’s a reasonable time to get out of bed, carefully without disturbing my husband. As I pass by the closet, I grab a basket of laundry. By […]
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In an Independent World, is There Room for Dependency?
Dependency is a unique word – one with many negative connotations. We live in a world where being independent is so important, the thought of dependency on someone or something is an ostracizing thought. Think about your convenience store excursions. What is flooding the front of the store? Self-checkout kiosks. What about gas stations? Pay […]
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Love and Intimacy Takes a New Form
Words to think about from our staff at PE They have been married for 66 years. The wife lives in the family home. Her husband is in a full time care facility. She won’t drive much anymore and he can’t drive at all. Every Sunday morning he hires the accessibility van to bring him home. […]
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5 Easy Steps to Relax While on a Family Vacation
Who doesn’t love to go on vacation? In the summer, we Minnesotans usually flock up north to a cabin on a lake. The warm sunshine, refreshing lake water, and lovely breeze are unbeatable – especially when you realize winter is only a few months away. But sometimes, the serenity vacation brings can be dampened by […]
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A Sneak Peek into a Golden Relationship
This is part four, the final part, of a mini interview series the team at PREPARE/ENRICH conducted during the month of May to celebrate anniversaries with couples like you. As we approach the month of June, wedding season is upon us. With weddings come anniversaries – many, many anniversaries. Relationships are our priority here at […]
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Rubies are Red and They Said I Do
This is part three of a mini interview series the team at PREPARE/ENRICH conducted during the month of May to celebrate anniversaries with couples like you. As we approach the month of June, wedding season is upon us. With weddings come anniversaries – many, many anniversaries. Relationships are our priority here at P/E and we […]
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Why You Need Not Marry the Wrong Person
A letter from our VP: The New York Times most read story of 2016 recently popped back up on the most popular list again, nearly a year after in first ran last May. As is often the case for the most popular story, the topic was love and relationships: “Why You Will Marry the Wrong […]
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Mold Your Melancholy Mondays
Have you ever woken up one morning, nothing is actually wrong, but you feel like you’ve got a huge weight on your shoulders? Or that your body aches, even though you darn well know you didn’t exercise the night before? Or that it seems to take much more concentration to smile than usual? We all […]