Douglas and Jennifer Dawn Robbins discuss their respective life encounters and how they have grown together. Their first date was a nine-hour telephone call. They each experienced different life traumas that grew into a common bond of commitment. Jennifer Dawn was recovering from a challenging divorce and, at the time, had little interest in dating another man. The adage of “sticks and stones might break my bones, but words can never hurt” has proven false. Many lives are adversely affected because of words said to or about us, and those words can sometimes be a significant setback. Resilience is the ability to continue to get up when we are down. Douglas deftly uses the example of a young infant who gets upright after falling. They are too young to know they cannot get up. Unlike people with life experience, we are sometimes told we cannot do something. Resilience is the ability not to accept that. Jennifer Dawn is advancing her life through her life coaching business. As of this recording, they are enjoying life in their 13th year of marriage.