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"What I love about my kids&amp;#039; school is that while they are being taught, it&amp;#039;s the parents who are getting the real education.  Every day after drop-off, about ten of us loiter near the classrooms and discuss life. Sometimes we get so loud that a teacher has to hush us out of the way. &amp;quot;Take your voices someplace else,&amp;quot; she&amp;#039;ll smirk, knowing full well that we tired mamas and papas need a place to vent, but it can&amp;#039;t be during her teaching unit on transportation. So, like the nomads of BC, we often find ourselves transporting to a new land to continue our chats. Sometimes it&amp;#039;s the field, sometimes it&amp;#039;s the hallway, sometimes it&amp;#039;s the trash cans. Yesterday, we landed in the parking lot. For 45 minutes, instead of going to the gym, or our jobs, or back to the laundry, we got on the subject of truth. What does that mean? The formal definition of Truth is: &amp;quot;Truth can have a variety of meanings, from the state of being the case, being in accord with a particular fact or reality, being in accord with the body of real things, events, actuality, or fidelity to an original or to a standard.&amp;quot; Do you notice that even in a formal explanation of truth, it&amp;#039;s clear that there are several versions of what it means? If no one can decide with 100% certainty what defines this word, then is it any wonder that subjects as daunting as politics and religion, down to what is the best sports team, can get very very muddled? Regarding marriage, &amp;quot;truth&amp;quot; often gets us in trouble. My version of it is that love, friendship and spirituality are the core ingredients to nurturing a strong relationship and family life.  Rex&amp;#039;s version of &amp;quot;marriage truth&amp;quot; is that solid finances, follow through, order and consistency are what is needed to run a healthy company... I mean... family. (No snark there!) Neither of us are wrong, but if we didn&amp;#039;t constantly find a way to merge our two versions of truth, we would be in constant turmoil. Christians follow a Bible. Jews follow the Talmud. Muslims follow a Koran. What is Rex and my rule book?  Each person in our coffee clutch gave a passionate opinion. From liberal minded to conservative, we challenged our preconceived notions on sex, love, fidelity and happiness. By the end, our heads were spinning. Our brains were fried. We might not have all agreed on the same thing, but we did find common ground on one item: We need a break from our kids to spend more time with our spouses.  A few of us agreed on a ramshackle parenting coop: &amp;quot;You watch my kids 3 hours, I&amp;#039;ll watch yours.&amp;quot; We might all be different, but we all need some downtime to revitalize our sex lives. All of us do. And that&amp;#039;s the truth. What truth do you live by in marriage? What is the one thing you would go down fighting for? (No pun intended on &amp;quot;go down.&amp;quot; But if that truth works for you, go for it!) "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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