“I'm quite an example. I have four kids, all from the same wife, all from the same husband.” KidsFourWifeExampleHusband Author:Rick Nielsen
“Anybody can become a widow. There aren't any special qualifications. It happens in less time than it takes to draw a breath. It doesn't require the planning, for example, that it takes to become a wife or a mother or any of the other ritual roles of womanhood.” HappensMotherRolesWifeSpecialExampleDrawsBreathsPlanningRitualWomanhoodWidowsQualificationsWidowhood Author:Jacquelyn Mitchard
“If I had not lived the life I had lived and did not have the wife I have and the children I have, I would never know how to play that role [of Dr. Bedsloe], and I wouldn't have any of those qualities. It's a real example of how it is true that the camera catches everything. Even the stuff you're trying to hide.” IfsKnowsTryingChildrenRealPlayStuffQualityRolesKnow HowWifeExampleCamerasDrs Author:Kurt Fuller
“In marriage for example, you say 'Yes' on the day you get married, 'I do', but each day you implicitly if not explicitly, also say 'Yes', by every act that one performs in a marriage, one is saying 'Yes', making a cup of coffee for one's wife or husband is a form of saying 'Yes' to the marriage vow that one is continuing the marriage by affirming it in one's deeds. And exactly the same in the religious life.” IfsFormReligiousWifeExampleHusbandMarriedDeedsCoffeeCupsEach DayContinuingVowCoffee CupAffirmingSaying YesReligious LifeMarriage Vows Author:Kevin Hart
“My wife, the actress Megan Mullally, was an English major at Northwestern University and loves fiction. Like so many things in my life, she curates things for me. For example, I have the daunting prospect of Donna Tartt's "The Goldfinch" waiting for me when I get through my current reading pile.” ReadingWaitingFictionWifeExampleMajorsAnd LoveUniversityCurrentsMy WifeActressesEnglish MajorNorthwesternGoldfinchesNorthwestern University Author:Nick Offerman
“If I really want to improve my situation, I can work on the one thing over which I have control-myself. I can stop trying to shape up my wife and can work on my own weaknesses. I can focus an being a great marriage partner, a source of unconditional love and support. Hopefully, my wife will feel the power of proactive example and respond in kind. But, whether she does or doesn't, the most positive way I can influence my situation is to work on myself, on my being.” IfsWayWantFeelsTryingKindDoeI CanMy OwnSituationSupportFocusWifeOne ThingInfluenceExampleSourceShapesWeaknessMy WifePartnersHopefullyUnconditional LoveUnconditionalStop TryingProactiveGreat MarriageControl Myself Author:Stephen Covey
“My personal time is limited, more so than I wish. However, my wife and I have talked about the fact that there are opportunities right now that won't be there forever. For example, when the Grateful Dead offered me to tour in 2004, my first reaction was to say no, I just can't do it. Then my wife said, "Well, let's rethink this. You don't want to look back down the road and say, I could've done that, but I said no." So, we made it work.” WantFirstsWellsLooksMadeSaidDoneFactsOpportunityWishForeverWifeExampleRight NowGratefulMy WifeReactionsMade ItDown The RoadPersonal Time Author:Warren Haynes