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When Spouses Spar It Leads To . . .
It was a fairy tale romance based on a total mystery. She was what you call a real catch. Pretty as well as smart, so he was really pleased when she said she wanted to marry him. He had a rich dad and most everything he wanted when he wanted it. Life would be good to them! Read the rest of this entry
Thrills or Answers?
Yesterday he’d been so full of life. In his few short years he’d never been one to get sick. That was yesterday. Today he looked terrible. His face was ashen and his skin was clammy, he was lethargic and just lay with his unfocused eyes listlessly pointed at the ceiling. They’d tried everything they knew but nothing seemed to work. Read the rest of this entry
Judge a book by its cover
His parents were so worried about him. No one else in the family had been through this and no one knew how to support them through it. They had done everything “by the book,” they tried every idea that looked promising, and even a few things that were kind of far out. It made no difference. Their son’s fourth birthday had come and gone without him speaking a word. He’d never spoken a word in his entire life, not even baby ones! At first they comforted themselves that he was on his own path and would learn to talk in time but four years was becoming a real stretch. He seemed relatively normal in other ways but he couldn’t speak and showed no interest in reading. It was becoming obvious that their son was not developing normally and folks were beginning to notice. You can only hide something like that for so long. Their despair was rising. Read the rest of this entry
