Christmas In My Heart V19 Author:Joe L. Wheeler It takes a lot more work to keep a marriage together for life than any bride and groom ever conceptualize. So many stress points over so many years that it's a miracle any marriage survives. Half of this year's Christmas stories have to do with marriage, most of them tackling such related subjects as alienation, separation, misunderstandings,... more » divorce, reconciliation, and, of course, love. But with all these roadblocks barring the way to a marriage that lasts a lifetime (half of all marriages end in divorce), there are solutions to almost every problem. Kathleen Norris puts it this way: Marriage is a job. Happiness or unhappiness has nothing to do with it. There was never a marriage that could not be made a success, nor a marriage that could not have ended in bitterness and failure.« less