Five Year Marriage | Annmarie Kelly

Wedding#7

What a wonderful wedding day! While Joseph and I have, to-date, have a wedding ceremony to start our new marriage, we don’t usually have a party. However, over the summer a few things happened that were either sad, […]

Apache Wedding Blessing

Last week Joseph and I met with Pattie Painter, the celebrant for our September 22 nuptials. She asked us about different readings, suggested some and also told us we could find others on her Vows of the Heart […]

Negotiations Ain’t Easy!

As Joseph and I are wrapping up this marriage, we’re in negotiations for another one. Yes, we’ve decided to marry again. However, after thirty years, the conversations around our next marriage are different. Actually, every marriage negotiation conversation […]

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And Ending…and a Beginning

As Joseph and I are planning the end of our marriage, we’ve gotten far enough in our re-negotiating phase to decide to go another five years. We still have plenty to discuss and stuff to work out, but […]

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My Marriage is Ending

Recently I was talking to a twenty-something, newly-engaged woman who loves the idea of The Five-Year Marriage®. “It keeps things fresh,” she affirmed. And she was correct. A Five-Year Marriage® does keep things fresh…and that’s the good part. […]

Is Romance in the August Air?

Romance is in the air…or is it? August is Romance Awareness Month. Have you noticed? Maybe not. Has Romance Faded Out of Your Relationship? If you’ve been married for any length of time, romance can sometimes fall off […]

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What’s a Five-Year Marriage® Like?

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What’s in YOUR Marriage Contract

So many people who have read The Five-Year Marriage®: Shifting the Marriage Paradigm have said, “You included EVERYTHING a couple needs for their marriage contract!” And I thought they were correct. Until yesterday. I was reading the Sunday […]

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My Life Shifted…

and So Did My Marriage… “I was going along in my planned direction, and then my whole life just shifted to the right.” That’s how the independent, thirty-something Bethany began explaining her impending career change. But a little […]

The First Five Years of Our Marriage Were Great…

Last week was the annual Victorious Woman celebration, The Girlfriend Gala. Along with all the goodies of silent auction and raffles and happy chatter, I had a “contest table.” It was dedicated to my book, The Five-Year Marriage […]

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