Sudden changes are common after conducting your own Marriage Memorial ceremony. I woke up the next morning a new woman, just like a bride wakes up a married woman the next day. It seems the entire family gets a fresh start. It turns the grief tide from destructive to constructive.
1. Change Your Look
After getting a new hair style, people didn’t recognize me.
2. Share Family Photos
Even though the girls’ father didn’t attend the ceremony, he asked for a few of our family photos.
3. Humor Abounds
We had a light-hearted moment when neither of us could recall who had the girls last Thanksgiving. He’s the better cook, so he got the holiday.
4. DVD for Daughter
I left a DVD copy of it on her pillow with a note saying it was her own copy to keep. Who knows when in her life she would watch it, if ever. Her choice.
5. Easier Transitions
The family’s still in two places and yet it feels like one home.
6. Packing it Away
The ability to let go is measured by how fast the items are able to be put away at home after the ceremony.
- I intend to give a DVD copy to the girls’ father as a Christmas present.
- I see that the girls seem to enjoy our interactions as co-parents now, whereas before they didn’t seem to notice.
- Some humor has crept in to our co-parenting interactions, a sign of greater respect. Remember, he wasn’t there for the ceremony. That’s why I find the changes so fascinating.
- I’ve made a business out of this, performing these ceremonies for other people.
Upcoming: Ten Instant Results I Notice in My Children, and Ten Instant Results I Notice in Myself.
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