“In Sue McCollum’s unique voice of rhyme and meter, she speaks to all the seasons of married life and experience with refreshing wit, gritty honesty and joyful hope.”
    —Pastor Bob Hanley, Sun Valley, Idaho

“When God grabs you by the back of the neck, and says, “Let’s write”...you write, McCollum says, her sapphire eyes snapping. Her third book, Real Love Stories Have No Endings... McCollum takes you by the heart into the luminous landscape of love and marriage. Beginning with the “I Do” and the “Honeymoon,” the climb begins. Her poems on the landmines of love and marriage are both heartbreaking and powerful. She understands well, that sprinting in a marriage gets you from Monday to Friday. In a marathon...you are in it for the distance. It means, going that “extra mile” of love.
    —Carol Hill, author, Saskatchewan, Canada

Once men say, "I Do"
They think that they are done.
They've competed with the other men
now, with the marriage, they've won.

That's it. It's over. I've won her hand.
It's been a very competitive race.
I have her as my new wife now
so I can slow down my pace.

It's a different story with her.
She feels she has just begun.
The marriage is just the beginning
there is so much work to be done.

I'll help him change in many ways
then he will be just right.
Little did she know back then
that only would cause a fight.

The work is done. He's a work in progress.
How can this ever be?
That men and women can live together
when life they so differently - see.