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Real talk about love, marriage and the empty nest years, from a wife of thirty some years Meet Linda
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Real Talk About Love, Marriage and Life After the Kids Leave Home

I'm Linda. When the last of our three kids moved out, Tom and I had to figure out how to be just us again. It turned out to be one of the most surprising seasons of our marriage, the good parts and the hard parts both. This is where I write about all of it, honestly. What keeps a long marriage warm, the small things that quietly pull couples apart, what men and women wish the other understood, and how to date your spouse again when the house finally gets quiet.

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Honest lessons from over thirty years with Tom, and from the couples who made it to fifty.

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Love that lastswhat long marriages do differently
The empty nestbeing just us again
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Lessons from a long marriage: the small habits that keep love warm, the warning signs worth noticing and how couples find each other again after the busy years.

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Cooking for the Ones You Love

A few of the seasonal recipes I make the minute everyone comes home.

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