Tired of all the advice about marriage? Especially when you try it and it doesn’t work? You believed the experts when they guaranteed to improve your communication, bring ecstasy to your love life, or promised to make you and your spouse soulmates? Maybe you read it in a popular book, saw it on a talk show, or heard it from a well-known speaker. At first it was so convincing and for a while it seemed to work. But then reality hit. 
In Monday Marriage, Gerald W. and L. Marlene Kaufman offer another way to find real contentment in marriage. They suggest that you take a rain check on the fantasies. They know that all couples have stresses that come from work, children, finances, and many distractions. The Kaufmans help you find ways to manage your life. They especially want couples to be realistic about each other when the mystery and intense romance disappears. 
This book is about discovering the wonderful things that occur in the daily routines of marriage. Things that many couples miss because they chase impossible dreams and fantasies. For example, the quiet of an evening together after the kids are in bed. Sometimes without a word being said! Maybe the closeness comes from an unsolicited back rub. Mainly they are close because nothing else is allowed to come between them. That is when they discover a richly ordinary marriage. What the Kaufmans call Monday Marriage.

Monday Marriage: Celebrating the Ordinary

Self-Help

Kaufman, Gerald W.

Kaufman, L. Marlene

Relationships

Herald Pr

In this timely book, long-time family counselors, Gerald and Marlene Kaufman, urge aging people, their adult children, family members, and other caretakers to talk directly with each other about the decisions that lie ahead as they age. "Do it before a crisis hits," say the Kaufmans. "A good time to start is when the parents retire." Necessary Conversations focuses on four primary areas: 
<li>Parents' finances </li>
<li>Parents' medical care </li>
<li>Parents' living arrangements </li>
<li>When to stop driving</li>
 This honest and resourceful guide for aging adults and their family members includes helpful suggestions for starting these conversations and overcoming confrontation.

Necessary Conversations: Between Families and Their Aging Parents

Kaufman, Gerald

Good Books

In this dynamic and captivating revised edition, former NFL Referee Jim Tunny shares the leadership secrets of Kansas City Chiefs Head Coach Herman Edwards. Tunney first became aware of No. 46 Herman Edwards of the Philadelphia Eagles when he moved to the Monterey Peninsula in 1980. Tunney and Edwards became close friends and today they both serve on each other's foundation boards. The purpose of this book is to honor Herman Edwards, his family and his community, extolling the principles and philosophies that not only he teaches, but lives by. The positive message of this book will help others.

55 and Counting gently but pointedly looks deeper and wider at the many parts of life that will be affected by retirement: Identity (who am I now?). Sharing the house and days on end with a now-present spouse. Discovering new purpose. Finding true community. Deciding where to live. Exploring family stories and history to dispel any clouds or mysteries. Preparing for losses. This book is a guide for Pre-Retirement, adjusting and putting things right before the last day of work. 55 and Counting also addresses those who are often overlooked by experts in retirement planning—singles, women, and persons who need to continue working well past the expected start of retirement. True stories and examples fill these pages. Each chapter ends with “Questions for Reflecting” and “Next Steps,” as a way to structure Pre-Retirement planning so it does not become overwhelming.

55 and Counting: A Guide for Pre-Retirement

Parenting & Relationships

Walnut Street Books

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Monday Marriage: Celebrating the Ordinary

Necessary Conversations: Between Families and Their Aging Parents

Monday Marriage: Celebrating the Ordinary

55 and Counting: A Guide for Pre-Retirement