{"id":4350,"date":"2014-09-27T17:56:59","date_gmt":"2014-09-27T17:56:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/2014\/09\/27\/loves-wonderful-but-it-is-not-enough-to-keep-us\/"},"modified":"2014-09-27T17:56:59","modified_gmt":"2014-09-27T17:56:59","slug":"loves-wonderful-but-it-is-not-enough-to-keep-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/2014\/09\/27\/loves-wonderful-but-it-is-not-enough-to-keep-us\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"
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“Love\u2019s wonderful, but it is not enough to keep us together for years of marriage. I\u2019m not sure if I\u2019m ready\u2026” (Alanna)
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\n\u201cFew people are wise enough to know they might not be ready for such a venture. Too many rush to wed, only to discover they know little about what they\u2019re getting into.\u201d (Sir Myles)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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The Woman Who Rides Like a Man<\/a> by Tamora Pierce<\/p>\n

Quick post because the read-a-thon\u2019s deadline for reading this series is today.<\/p>\n

Some wise quotes about marriage. I agree- love is crucial yet what keeps marriage together in the end, I think, is deep commitment to the vow and to each other.<\/p>\n

(via skylike-rain<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Friendship is extremely important.\u00a0 Friendship, the ability to share jokes, being comfortable in the same room as each other without needing to talk, those are all vital to a long relationship.\u00a0 And also having each your own interests and friends, things you don\u2019t share.\u00a0 You don\u2019t have to live in each other\u2019s laps, and if you do, you\u2019ll get so claustrophobic you\u2019ll claw each other to get away.<\/p>\n

Tammy, who will be married 30 years in 2015 and who\u2019s been with her partner 32 years in December 2014<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“Love\u2019s wonderful, but it is not enough to keep us together for years of marriage. I\u2019m not sure if I\u2019m ready\u2026” (Alanna) \u2026\u2026 \u201cFew people are wise enough to know they might not be ready for such a venture. Too many rush to wed, only to discover they know little about what they\u2019re getting into.\u201d … Continue reading <\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"quote","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[471],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4350"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4350"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4350\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}