28\u00a0 bar steady 30.34 0mph SSW dewpoint 24 Spring<\/p>\n
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“If you’re strong enough, there are no precedents.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald<\/a><\/p>\n In spite of the perhaps down note I struck in Climbing the Wall yesterday, most of the time I realize that the decision I took when I met Kate, that is, to leave the ministry and concentrate on writing, took a kind of courage and strength many folks have, but never exercise.\u00a0 At 40 years of age, to leave the comfort of a profession well engaged and one in which your prospects appear (at least to others) bright, is too much for most of us.\u00a0<\/p>\n Without Kate I could not have pulled it off, but I did find this remarkable woman at just the right time.\u00a0 She has supported me every step of the way, including times when I thought I was climbing the wrong wall again.\u00a0 Between the two of us we have managed to defy acculturation with her earning the large salary and me at home.\u00a0 Both of us have brought necessary and key gifts to our marriage, neither more valuable than the other, though, again, the what it means to be male messages of my childhood and those what it means to be female messages from hers could have created shocks too strong to overcome.<\/p>\n It took strength on my part to pull away from the church, but it also took acceptance by Kate of an unusual, even aberrant path for me.\u00a0 It took, in short, the strength of two of us.\u00a0 As most of you who know me well know, this path has not been without difficulty, but it has been worth it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 28\u00a0 bar steady 30.34 0mph SSW dewpoint 24 Spring \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Waning Crescent Moon of Winds “If you’re strong enough, there are no precedents.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald In spite of the perhaps down note I struck in Climbing the Wall yesterday, most of the time I realize that the decision I took when I met … Continue reading Leaving A Profession Well Engaged.<\/span>