{"id":912,"date":"2023-01-27T18:08:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-27T18:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghnewsbay.com\/?p=912"},"modified":"2023-01-27T18:08:00","modified_gmt":"2023-01-27T18:08:00","slug":"make-your-marriage-work-diana-hamilton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ghnewsbay.com\/?p=912","title":{"rendered":"Make your marriage work \u2014Diana Hamilton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Make your marriage work  \u2014Diana Hamilton\" class=\" bd-imagestyles-7\" src=\"https:\/\/www.graphic.com.gh\/images\/2023\/jan\/27\/diana-hamilton.jpg\" style=\"border-radius: 0px; border: 0px solid rgb(119, 119, 119); box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 316.688px; max-width: 100%; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 526.672px;\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial, &quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; position: relative;\">\n<p style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, Arial, &quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25.7143px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 3px; margin-top: 20px;\">For a marriage to wax strong, Gospel musician Diana Hamilton believes a couple\u2019s determination to make it work goes a long way to make it a reality.<\/h2>\n<p style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word;\">That is not all, as Diana, who recently celebrated her 17th wedding anniversary, also thinks marrying one\u2019s friend makes it easier to overcome the challenges that may spring up in the union.<\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word;\">Diana, who is also a nurse by profession, is married to a medical doctor, Dr Joseph Hamilton, and they share a set of twins\u2014Michael and Michaela.<\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word;\">Talking to&nbsp;<em style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;\">Graphic Showbiz<\/span><\/em>, the 2021 &nbsp;Artiste of the Year goes on to explain her take on marriage saying: \u201cYou just don\u2019t get up one day to reach a certain level in marriage. You n<em style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\">VGMA<\/em>eed to be intentional about it and build from the scratch. More so, when you get married with the right set of mind; that I am here to stay and make it work, it will last.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word;\">Asked what has worked for her all these years, Diana Hamilton said it was grace and probably because she married her friend.<\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word;\">\u201cI will not say I know it all, because marriage is such a long journey. But tying the knot with my friend helped a lot, but there\u2019s also the decision to make it work no matter what. When you are focused and know what you want, you will not give up easily,\u201d she revealed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word;\">&nbsp;As a mother, a wife, a nurse and a musician, Diana Hamilton said it was not easy juggling all but she is able to do it by the grace of God and hard work.<\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word;\">\u201cI am favoured to be a proud wife, a mother, a nurse, a musician, a philanthropist and still excel in all these areas. It takes grace for this to happen and I can only thank God for that. If I say it is easy combining all these, then I am telling lies, but God sees me through all,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word;\">Diana, currently managed by 1615, started her music career as a backing vocalist for Gospel musician Francis Agyei. 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