Keeping Romance Alive
The 2012 Urban News Sweethearts
God’s Divine Design
Reverend Dr. John H. Grant and Belinda Kennedy Grant
We continuously commit ourselves wholeheartedly and unconditionally to each other. To God Be The Glory for our precious love!
How to Stay a Couple for 58 Years…
Hazel & John Robinson
Be patient, be positive, take care of each other. All that, of course, comes after love. Love first; then all else follows.
Personalities Should Support Each Other
Warren Smith and Jan Goffney
Without any great effort we are bound to each other by love, respect, shared interest and spending time together.
God’s Divine Design
Reverend Dr. John H. Grant and Belinda Kennedy Grant
On January 26, 2012 we celebrated 32 years of marriage, and we
see our marriage as a gift from God and a sacred institution. We truly
believe that God has placed us together and feel that we are “God’s
Divine Design” for each other. Our marriage has been sustained by
placing God at the head of our lives and realizing that we have a
wonderful opportunity to reflect His image as husband and wife and as a
couple.
Our marriage is based on love, trust, dedication, respect, and
commitment to God, and to each other. God has sustained our marriage
through daily prayer and by seeking His direction for our lives. Our
love grows deeper each day and we feel truly blessed to still have each
other.
We continuously commit ourselves wholeheartedly and unconditionally to each other. To God Be The Glory for our precious love!
How to Stay a Couple for 58 Years…
Hazel & John Robinson
Be patient, be positive, take care of each other. All that, of course, comes after love. Love first; then all else follows.
Have children, if possible. Hazel had three from a previous marriage,
and together we added another son. Three sons and a daughter will keep
you busy and diverted enough that purely personal issues between you
have no time or space to grow.
Involve the kids in whatever you’re doing. Family picnics are fine, but
digging out a basement to install a salvaged hot-air furnace and
ductwork beats it hands down. So does gardening.
Support your partners in their work toward their goals and enrich your
own life through your support. Accept your partner’s support in your
quest. And join together in selecting and working toward joint goals.
Create your present and your future together so you can both enjoy
living in them.
Having said all of this, a basic requirement is a deep and well used sense of humor.
Personalities Should Support Each Other
Warren Smith and Jan Goffney
We were brought together by a similar interest, which helped to
define our personalities and developed into similar goals and
objectives. Being in business together evolved to a level of dependency
which kept us together most of the time. When things in business became
difficult, we concluded that “at least we have each other,” and that
made everything OK.
Since both of us had been in business prior to meeting, we were very
secure in knowing our personalities and how they could support each
other. There has never been a question regarding sharing, which
reinforces the point of “what is Warren’s, is Jan’s and what is Jan’s is
Warren’s.”
It has been important that our lines of communications have been open
and honest and as long as Warren agrees with Jan, it confirms that, “a
happy wife makes a happy home.” Our marriage has evolved to a point
where most of our thoughts are mostly the same, so any agreements as to
what we do, never seems to be a problem.
Without any great effort we are bound to each other by love, respect, shared interest and spending time together.
