I remember when we were first dating and those were glorious days.

Great day, fun.

Yeah, long time ago, but they were pretty fun.

But one of the sad things to me was, oh, we were talking about good things.

What do you mean sad?

Welcome to our marriage.

Here we go.

I'm like, let's go deep and feel it.

You're like, wait, let's just stay up here on the surface.

Can we watch another movie?

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I loved your mom and one of the reason I loved your mom was because she had endured so much of divorce, losing a child.

She had faced the many affairs that your dad had had and yet she really was seeking Jesus.

But when we first started dating, she would drink at night.

And then all of the stories came out.

And I remember saying to you like, oh, man, your mom is still so lost in the past of not forgiving your dad.

Yeah, you know, it's obviously something I grew up with.

And her method of dealing with the bitterness and there was bitterness.

And often covered up, it was just an underlying seething was to drink and to sort of just step into denial.

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