“Real Marriage:The Truth About Sex, Friendship and Life Together” by Mark and Grace Driscoll

The book for review is “ Real Marriage: The Truth About Sex, Friendship and Life Together” by Mark and Grace Driscoll.

Pastor Mark and his wife Grace share their experiences with their marriage as they talk about the ups and downs that plagued them. It is not a guide per say like other books that are in this genre. The couple takes us into the problems that married couples encounter along the way including their own.

Whether this is your predicament or not, you will find some useful information that can work for your personal life. It is not an in your face this is how it needs to be done read. The words are soothing and caring and delivered in a way that you are not offended by the advice offered by this couple.

Even if you feel this book is not for you overall, the questioned listed will make you think and evaluate where you stand with your spouse. It will make you step back and go hmm. That alone makes this book worth a look over, even if you don’t read the whole thing. I was not familiar with Pastor Mark before this book but would definitely read another by him.


Published

It is now official in the sense that I am published. Two of my short stories are in the book that is shown above. It is a free download so feel free to check out the drop down menu entitled Published and snag a copy.

Parrot Mountain

Most of you know at this point about my youngest child Jasper. He is now 17 years old and considers himself quite a catch. I mean considering he is young, handsome, laid back and can nestle against your cheek he is the cat’s meow. With all that, I do worry about him and his future.

Last night my husband showed me videos from a zoo in Pigeon Forge, TN called Parrot Mountain. The link http://parrotmountainandgardens.com/

It is a marvelous place for people who truly care about birds. Watching some of the videos where birds like him doing the same stuff he does got Jasper’s attention fast.

Over the years I have wondered what would happen to him once we passed on. Yes, our son will be taking over his care when my husband and I are no longer able to. But with Jasper living so long, anywhere from 80 years old and up, we have to think of possibilities like this for the just in case factor. I have already told my husband I want to go visit this park. It’s about 6 hours from us one way but I feel it be worth the trip.

While birds have been a huge part of my life since 1998, I was not prepared for how much one bird would affect my family in the way Jasper has. To say he is a bird is truly an insult to him, he is not. He is my bubba, green ass bird, Jazzy, and a sleuth of other love names he has gotten over the years. He has been with us since the summer of 1999 when he was at the tender age of 5 and that is when he became family.

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