How long has it been since you're written a love letter to your sweetheart? Too long? Then pull out your pen and paper. The Postal Service is still a bargain. For just a few cents you can brighten your partner's day. We love getting mail -- with the exception of bills and junk mail. "Dear Occupant" or "David and Claudia Arp or current resident"...

How do you look at change? Change can be positive or negative -- depending on how you look at it. Do you see it as an adventure or is "change" a scary word to you? Maybe you just don't want to rock the boat -- even if it's going nowhere. Change can be risky, but we're convinced that no risk equals no change, and no change adds up to no growth...

Compatibility is not a state in which you begin a marriage, but rather it's a goal to be achieved. Another way to look at matrimony and compatibility is: We fall in love with a personality, but we must live with a character. How have you changed since you were first married? Research reveals we become more compatible with our mates through learning...

At a recent wedding reception we met a delightful couple who had just celebrated their 54th wedding anniversary. They were in their eighties, but you could have fooled us! Articulate. Charming. And the way they smiled at each other was more like the bridal pair than an older married couple. They had just finished reading our book, The Second Half...