Imagine AUTUMN as the Season of Your Marriage

Our Latter Years

-Romance tapers off
-Things get a bit nippy
-Days are shorter
-Harvesting (seeds planted/sown)
-Declutter begins
-No (little new) growth
-Drastic changes are taking place
-Prepping to Retire (less work)
-The UNEXPECTED...
-Plant "cold weather" crops
-Preparing for the winter season
-Reevaluate your garden (marriage). What to replant? What to pull up?
-Investing in your marriage, even though the fruit will look different
-Season offers different colors

-Blaming
-Sadness
-Apprehension
-Easily frustrated/angered
-Drifting
-Feeling of Unappreciation
-More weaknesses are appearing
-Less tolerant
-Growing concerns
-Uncertainties mount
-Neglect