Francine and Byron Pirola: Are we outliving marriage?
We’ve heard it said many times, you probably have as well, and it goes like this, “People live so much longer these days, it’s unreasonable ... Read More
Reclaiming St Valentine’s Day
Saint Valentine kneeling, by David Teniers 1677. IMAGE: Wikimediacommons For two decades we’ve promoted the idea of putting the ‘saint’ back into St Valentine’s Day. ... Read More
The Growth Mindset
At our daughter’s recent award assembly, the school Principal addressed the topic of ‘Growth Mindset’. She noted how education was more than merely preparing students ... Read More
We married too young
Lots of people told us so. Neither of us had really experienced life: Byron at 27 had at least lived out of home for three ... Read More