Lori Lowe is the author of
FIRST KISS TO LASTING BLISS: Hope & Inspiration for Your Marriage
(Geode Publishing, Dec. 2011)
Life and marriage rarely go exactly as we had planned, but marriage can thrive even in the most difficult circumstances. Learn from couples who have experienced child loss, infidelity, drug addiction, cancer, financial crises, brain injury, stranger rape, separation for military service, infertility, opposing religions, unsupportive families, raising special-needs children, and much more. These couples found the pressures of life didn't destroy them; instead, they crystallized their commitment to each other. Each couple's story leaves us with one important lesson to incorporate into your marriage.
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Endorsements:
"In her new book, FIRST KISS TO LASTING BLISS, author Lori Lowe artfully explores the life-changing events of married individuals and helps us to understand how couples manage to keep love alive against all odds. She weaves beautiful and inspiring tales of real-life challenges and helps readers see how people can rise above their circumstances, and, like carbon compressed under severe pressure, emerge as bright and hopeful as diamonds."
--Scott Haltzman, M.D., author The Secrets of Happily Married Women, The Secrets of Happily Married Men, and The Secrets of Happy Families
"Lori Lowe’s FIRST KISS TO LASTING BLISS is a must-read for anyone in a troubled marriage, or anyone whose marriage could use some inspiration. Lowe takes us on a vivid tour through the lives of a dozen married couples, each of whom faced unique forms of adversity. These real-life stories provide role models, knowledge and skills for coping with crisis that helped each of these couples survive and flourish. When marriages are in crisis, many couples simply call it quits. Lowe’s stories show how, after a period of struggle, many couples find lasting happiness and a strengthened marriage."
--Chris Gersten, Former Principal Deputy Asst. Secretary, Admin. for Children and Families, U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services (2001-2005); launched the President's Healthy Marriage Initiative; marriage educator and author; Chair, Coalition for Divorce Reform.
"Working as a Marriage and Family Therapist over the past 23 years, I have heard the stories of couples as they journey through the challenges of marriage. Through her interviews, Lori captures in words some pictures of what these relationships experience, from enchantment to disenchantment and, for those who work hard, the path of recovery. This is an inspiring book that will inform and encourage any of us who care about this age-old institution called marriage. FIRST KISS TO LASTING BLISS is a story of hope for couples of all ages and stages."
--Timothy Heck, Ph.D., Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Indianapolis, Indiana
"If your marriage is on the rocks, step away from the ice cream and open this book instead. In FIRST KISS TO LASTING BLISS, Lori Lowe has created the rarest of delights: calorie-free comfort food for the married person's soul. With stories from real couples who faced the worst and managed to stay happily married despite it all, this book provides hope, inspiration and the advice you need to navigate the toughest of times."
--Alisa Bowman, author of Project: Happily Ever After (Running Press, Dec. 2010)
"There is a reason marriage vows are 'for better or worse,' because all marriages go through difficult times, and too many face deep crises. However, the message of FIRST KISS TO LASTING BLISS is one of hope. A dozen couples, many whose marriages were stressed nearly to the breaking point, lived their vows and stepped back, building great marriages. This is an inspiring book our divorce-prone culture needs to read."
--Michael J. McManus, president & co-founder, Marriage Savers
