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was a sort of grace to love this place that became
our second home and the people who walked
through her doors.

Some days were easy while others brought crisis,
but over their almost 50 years of marriage, a few
lessons have kept my parents connected to one
another and God, whom they serve. When I asked
about their secrets to a love that lasts, I received
the following list:

• Make up your mind from the start that this
Deborah Faith Photography person is forever.

• Be supportive and accepting of who they are.
If it was my mom’s kindness that drew in my
father, then it was his humor that first captured • Give one another space to grow and change
my mother’s attention. “He was the life of the (A lot can and will change over the course of
party,” she told me as we sipped tea during her 50 years!)
own interview. He made her laugh and was easy
to love; people were naturally drawn to him. In • And when crisis comes, because it will,
her words, “I wouldn’t trade him for the world. choose to take a step closer to one another
He’s a good man.” rather than a step apart.

That good man made a job transition from I’m taking note of these secrets for a love that lasts,
coaching Junior High football to becoming a youth and I’m beyond thankful for these two I call Mom
pastor in their first year of marriage. A life in and Dad. They are humble yet impressive, not
ministry was not the original plan, and although it only because of what they’ve built but because,
surprised my mother at first, she eventually came behind the scenes, they are kind and true, backing
to love it, in part because she never felt pressured up the words they preach with actions of love.
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