Only by grace both of us are passionate about listening to music. I share the best music I know and come across with her. And that is a gift being able to do that. In the beginning I opened a whole lot of worlds to her: British music and other kinds. I never forget the emotional impact of any piece of music. And I share that music with her easily. And that is only by grace.
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My wife and I have a fierce scrabble rivalry. We play about once a week. When we were courting I would bring my Scrabble game and we might play three games in a row. She was intimated by me at first: she lost ten games in a row and thought she would never beat me. At first, she thought it was mercenary to count the points in a word. I told her that was the whole idea making points not just words. I taught her how to play better. It was really logic I was teaching her—how to use the premiums on the board better. She knew she had arrived when she once beat me ten games in a row. We use a Scrabble computer dictionary and play an “open” game allowing each of us to consult it any time. I really believe her vocabulary is bigger. She says I am a better player. I don’t think so. We have heated games and sometimes the winner goes down to the last turn or two. It is only by grace I have a live in Scrabble opponent.
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It is a gift my wife does not mind the music I play on the stereo most of the time. Both of our taste in music is eclectic. My first wife had to be out of the house for me to freely play the stereo. So it is only by grace I can do that. She does, though, sometimes ask me to lower the volume.
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It is by grace I am here. Alive and well. I knew too many who did not make it back. They became lost in the labyrinth of their minds. And did not find their way back. I did. I knew many swallowed by the “system”. After awhile it no longer mattered why they were there. The damage was done by the caretakers. My family could have easily given up one me. There were points in my life where my situation seemed hopeless. It is only by grace I am here–only by the grace of God. I am a walking “miracle”.
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