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Marriage Lessons from the Pickleball Court

My parents and sisters LOVE pickleball!  I enjoy it and am getting better every time I play, I just don't have time to play that often.  But as I sat on the court waiting for my turn to rotate in on a game, I was inspired with some lessons.    Marriage Lessons from the Pickleball Court: 1.  Communication is KEY !   If you don't talk to your partner, you won't be as successful as you could be.  You could luck out and have a partner that reads your body language and knows how to watch your moves so they can cover for you, but that is extra work on their part.  They can only keep that up for a short time.  Sooner or later one of you is going to get hurt or miss the ball. Communication is extremely important in marriage!  You have to be able to openly talk to your spouse. During one of the games we were playing my sister and I didn't communicate about who was going to get the ball so we both went after it.  As we did so I could see...

Peace in Christ

  First off, I apologize I've been missing in action lately.  Things just keep piling up and no matter how much I'm trying to climb back up to the top, I can't.  My writing time is always Sundays, but these days Sundays are spent just trying to catch up on sleep. But don't you worry, I've had some fun during all the piling up.  Zac and I were able to take Hunter to Paris for a week.  It was a once in a life time trip.  It was amazing spending the time with my two boys.  I've never been much of a history person, but learning the history as we took our tours was beyond amazing.  This world we live in has been through so much.  Prosperity and then destruction and the cycle continues.  In the end, rebuild always seems to take place. I see this cycle in my regular life as well, minus the destruction.  There are so many ebbs and flows of life.  I'll have moments of things going really well and smooth, then the next thing I know I am ...