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Oneness in Marriage

When I take some time to reflect I often think of my good friends Charles and Ann Towery as examples of one thing or another. When considering "oneness" in marriage I immediately think of a rather strange experience I had with Ann about a year after Charles passed away. We were visiting and having coffee together in her new little house next to the big one out at the "6T Ranch". As we were catching up, laughing, and making observations on various things, I had this strange experience. It was as if Charles were in the room with Ann as we talked. His presence and personality were vivid, like the smell of dinner on the stove or new fire in the fireplace. Now I'm not making a case for ghosts or seances or anything like that- I don't believe in such nonsense. I'm making a case for "oneness". I honestly believe that over their 50+ years of marriage, Charles and Ann had found a profound type of oneness together. Their personalities had been wo...