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Love Letters

S3E5: Leave the Light On

Love Letters

The Boston Globe

Love Tips, Breakups, Dating, Relationship Tips, Love, Dating And Relationships, Love Advice, Advice, Dating Tips, Marriage Advice, Breakup Advice, Relationship Advice, The Boston Globe, Boston, Society & Culture, Love Letters, Meredith Goldstein, Dating Advice, Letters, Relationships, Boston Globe

4.61.3K Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2019

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Marlee and John’s relationship got serious fast after an a-ha moment at a Michigan bar. They got married and built a local arts community together. Ultimately, their marriage didn’t last. But their relationship did. Have a story of your own? Email us at [email protected].

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0:00.0

Hi, it's Meredith.

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Listeners of Love Letters know that mental health is something I take very seriously,

0:06.0

which is why I want to tell you about season 3 of the podcast Turning Points,

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Navigating Mental Health.

0:11.0

Each episode gets real about the ups and downs of navigating mental health. Each episode gets real about the ups and downs of

0:14.2

navigating mental health and the turning points that can spark lifelong changes.

0:18.3

Host Francis Lease, a clinical therapist, talks with psychologists, doula's, writers and experts about breakdowns, breakthroughs, and everything in between.

0:29.0

Turning Points, a podcast from Point 32 Health in partnership with Boston Globe Media.

0:34.3

Find turning points wherever you get your podcasts.

0:37.1

Marley knows exactly where she was when it happened.

0:40.5

What do you remember when you first saw him? What do you remember about him?

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We've like run into each other before but we hadn't like really officially hung out and I was at a bar drinking

0:49.7

ginger ale and I like looked over really fast and he was standing in the doorway and the light

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above him like flickered and it was I was like oh my God and I was like my whole life

1:00.7

is going to change right now. This moment was when it clicked for Marley and for

1:06.7

John, the guy in the flickering light. You know Marley's standing there and just turns around and instantly was this reception of like, wow, you're here in the flesh.

1:19.2

So it was, uh, it was very dramatic.

1:21.9

And it was this kind of destiny feeling moment that happened.

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And that was a really significant night.

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Frees this image in your mind for just a minute, because things changed for Marley and John.

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They got married, they built an arts community together in Grand Rapids, Michigan,

1:41.0

they shared everything. In the end, though, it didn't work. But there is a happy

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