{"product_id":"an-extra-ordinary-life-ed-d-maria-haendel-koonce-9781524696962","title":"An Extra Ordinary Life","description":"\u003cp\u003eMany years ago, after Bill and I returned from conducting a teacher training session, we were having lunch in our Florida room, rehashing the experience and laughing at our mishaps. A young man, Bruce, was busy building a new wet bar for us when he interrupted his work to inquire. \"Excuse me, but I am in the middle of a nasty divorce, and you two seem to have such a happy relationship. What does it take?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTaken off guard, we improvised. \"A good sense of humor, a common interest, mutual respect . . .\" When Bruce started to leave, I stopped him. \"Bruce, it is none of the above. It is loving each other.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince then, I have been mulling it over. What exactly does marital love consist of? Maybe it actually is all of the above, but I sense that manifestations of a real caring for each other vary with idiosyncrasies, personalities, moods, and circumstances. As romantic love settles into daily routines with memories and histories to bind us tighter and tighter together, we become one. Almost literally, we are one body and one being, feeling the good and the bad in each other like Siamese twins in one body, one mind, one heart \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ed D. Maria Haendel Koonce\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 152469696X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781524696962\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Authorhouse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 118\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.32d","brand":"Ed D. Maria Haendel Koonce","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46881080639743,"sku":"9781524696962","price":33.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_245b3a1a-d997-433a-9d07-3aa701d23a11.jpg?v=1747970612","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/an-extra-ordinary-life-ed-d-maria-haendel-koonce-9781524696962","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}