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| A GOOD MARRIAGE IS A LIFE TIME OF HANDS by: Patricia A. Walton It's a shaking hand sliding a shiny gold band onto another shaking hand. It's an anxious hand tugging on a suddenly shy hand. It's hands touching in sudden tenderness, or swinging together down a crowded street, or fingers interlocked in the darkness of a theater. It's expressive hands, the playful pat on the fanny, the beckoning wave, the rumpled hair... and sometimes, but not often, the clenched fist. It's ecstatic hands, being grasped by tiny brand-new hands. It's hurrying hands, setting dinner for hungry hands. It's an optimistic hand patting a discouraged hand. It's a panicky hand clutching a calm hand. It's a proud hand introducing an embarrassed hand. It's joyous hands grasping happy hands... and hands sharing sadness with a touch. It's healthy hands holding sick hands. It's a strong hand supporting a grief-stricken hand. It's also tear-stained hands entwining other tear-stained hands. It's hands joined in prayer. and finally, it's a shaking hand, sliding a dull gold band off a very still hand. |
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