Hi, Mike:

Read your thread. Speaking of thread:

"Chains do not hold a marriage together. It is threads, hundreds of tiny threads, which sew people together through the years."
-Simone Signoret (who?)

Hope the prayer below helps. It's from The Praying Wife book I'm reading:

"Make me a new person, Lord. Give me a fresh perspective, a positive outlook, and a renewed relationship with the spouse You've given me. Help me see him/her with new eyes, new appreciation, new love, new compassion, and new acceptance. Give my spouse a new husband/wife, and let it be ME."

Take care!

Violet

[This message has been edited by Violet (edited 08-02-2001).]