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Marriage Partnership, Fall 1996
Willie & Maylo
Aames
'We've grown beyond being self-centered actors to become two people who
think about how we can best meet each other's needs'
Interviewed by Joan Brasher
WILLIE AAMES is best known for his acting roles in the television series
Eight Is Enoughand Charles in Charge. Today he owns a production
studio that produces videos, commercials and programs for television broadcast.
He also produces and stars in Bibleman, a Christian video series for
children. Willie and his wife, Maylo, also an actor, live near Kansas City
with their daughter, Harleigh. (Willie has a son, Chris, from a previous
marriage.) The Aameses have been married ten years.
WE MET FOR THE FIRST TIME WHEN: I was guest-starring on a cable TV
show that Maylo was acting in. She thought I was a geek, but I still asked
her out to lunch. She said she'd go only if I invited the show's entire cast
and crew, so I did.
WE WERE ATTRACTED TO EACH OTHER BECAUSE: we were both needy and broken.
We could sense something special forming between us because we were both
in the same place. Back then, before we accepted Christ, Maylo was the type
of person who wore fishnet stockings and leather and I was in the process
of breaking my addiction to cocaine.
THE TOUGHEST TIME IN OUR MARRIAGE CAME: after Harleigh was born. I
was suffering from postpartum depression and it didn't help that Harleigh
screamed most of her first year. On top of that, Willie's TV series was ending,
and because of our faith he started turning down acting opportunities due
to the objectionable content of the programs.
OUR BIGGEST ARGUMENT TOOK PLACE: 24 hours before our wedding. We've
both been married before and our previous experiences made us fearful of
commitment.
TO RESOLVE THAT ARGUMENT: I came back, knocked on Willie's door, and
said, "I can't live without you!" We just talked through our fears.
OUR BIGGEST SURPRISE IN MARRIAGE IS: how little we now think of ourselves.
We've grown beyond being self-centered actors to become two people who think
about how we can best meet each other's needs.
OUR ADVICE FOR OTHER COUPLES IS: Pray for your mate. Ask God to soften
your heart and show you ways to be a better spouse.
OUR MARRIAGE WORKS BECAUSE: we're not in competition with each other.
Instead, we want to serve one another. We talk together for hours every night,
and we spend regular time in the Word and in prayer for each other.
Copyright © 1996 by Christianity Today International/MARRIAGE PARTNERSHIP
magazine.
Fall 1996. Vol. 13, No. 3, Page 5
Last updated: September 17, 1996
Marriage Partnership
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