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Article as Antidote

Thank you for your article on children of divorce (Spring 2000). I think that divorce has poisoned my generation. Good examples or not, we have been raised knowing that there is an "out" when the going gets tough and that monogamy is not the norm. This article gives me and my husband something to talk and pray about.

L. Down
Kitchener, Ontario, Canada

I want to defend the "A Match Made in Hollywood" article that ran in Winter 1999. The Bures don't deserve the inference that they were just another pretty face. Although I am maturely married (21 years) and a mature Christian (since 10 years of age), I found the beauty and innocence of this young family very refreshing and inspiring. Their godly values toward marriage and their ability to overcome their very different backgrounds offer all of us who read the article something to think about, something to be inspired by, and something to be happy about. May they be encouraged by Paul's words to Timothy, "Don't let any one look down on you because you are young [may I add, or beautiful], but set an example … " (I Timothy 4:12).

Ruth Henderson
Big Flats, New York

In last issue's Letters column, the Williamsons from North Carolina criticized your article, "A Match Made in Hollywood" [Winter 1999]. I resent the implication that a couple married less than four years couldn't have experienced any challenging moments. My husband and I were married less than two months when he was sent off to war. We were separated for six months. We suffered the emotional effects of war, having spent every day wondering if we would ever see each other again. Our first three years were rough. Who's to say how long a couple has to be married before the challenges come?

Sandra Hamilton

I was extremely disappointed to read "The Intimacy Lie" by Paula Rinehart (print version only) in the Spring 2000 issue. The author made it sound next to impossible for most people to be intimate. My husband and I have been married for 12 years—not a long time, but we're not newlyweds either. We both know it takes work to keep our relationship close, but it's not a drudgery, and it's worth it. I would hate for someone to read the article and settle for a marriage that is less than it could be.

Kristi Ellis
Grinnell, Iowa

I was very disturbed at the advice Jay Kesler gave to the woman who is upset about her husband's smoking [Q&A, Spring 2000]. Nicotine is considered an addictive drug. There was no mention of this in Jay's advice. How can this woman "be on her husband's side," as Jay suggests, without admitting that his problem is much more than an issue geared toward her?

Elizabeth Moser
Saginaw, Michigan

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