Why Did I Marry This Man and Follow Him Around the World?

Marital strife caused by a lifeguarding manual from the 80s

Mary DeVries
Age of Empathy
Published in
6 min readMar 23

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Human Beings do not naturally belong in the water.
— Lifesaving: Rescue and Water Safety © American Red Cross 1974.

Modern human beings do not naturally move house.

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Mary DeVries
Age of Empathy

The older I get, the less I know. That won’t stop me from writing about everything and anything under the sun. Join me in delighting and despairing about life.