Licensed to fish

[jamesglewisf]

No, I'm not a licensed marriage counselor. In fact, I'm not a licensed anything. Well, I do have licenses to fish and drive, but that's about it.

I got married in 1994. Since then, a few things have happened to us (not necessarily in this order):

1. Our first child died
2. Our second child spent 12 weeks in the Neo-natal Intensive Care Unit.
3. My wife's grandmother died of Alzheimer's.
4. My wife's grandfather died of multiple heart attacks and strokes.
5. We built and moved into a new home.
6. My wife almost died in the hospital twice from HELLP syndrome (1996 and 1997).
7. We were told that my wife had an 80% chance of dying from a ruptured liver if she got pregnant again.
8. My wife and I have read through the Bible together 6.5 times.

Amazingly, we came through all of this stronger. Our marriage is doing great. Not everything is perfect, but we're still happily married.

So, although I have no formal training as a marriage counselor, I have had on-the-job training for marriage.

The Marriage Counselor is a place to ask questions, post comments, give advice, vent some steam, or just chat.

[Dude111]

Our first child died

Our second child spent 12 weeks in the Neo-natal Intensive Care Unit

My wife's grandmother died of Alzheimer's

My wife's grandfather died of multiple heart attacks and strokes

My wife almost died in the hospital twice from HELLP syndrome (1996 and 1997)

We were told that my wife had an 80% chance of dying from a ruptured liver if she got pregnant again..Oh my lord...

I am so sorry you had to go thru all this.... :(

Its good to see your trying to move on even though have thoughly been put thru hell :( :(

God bless....Peace and love to you James :)

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[pack momma]

Wow James, that's a lot of stress, and I'm glad that you and your wife are still going strong.

My husband and I have recently celebrated our 25th anniversary, and have more than our share of tribulations as well. I'm sure you'll agree that one of the secrets of a successful marriage is 1. the 3-fold cord spoken of in the scriptures, (in other words for those who don't know) having God as an intregal part of your marriage, and
2. going into it with both parties having the attitude that "out" is NOT part of the equation.

Upon moving to FLorida last year, when we chose a new family doctor, during our consultation he said that we deserved a trophy for staying together and not killing each other. We just laughed.