The Single Biggest Mistake – Don’t Do What They Did – PART I You will not believe how long I debated. Over and over again, how many times I talked myself out it – I lost track. But when it happened again for the I don’t remember which number of times, I knew […]
In some ways, I think of this as another public announcement of sorts. Issuing a warning about marriage counseling. You have heard it said. The infamous ‘Sometimes it gets worse before it gets better’. The same thing applies to counseling. Your Warning about Marriage Counseling – the DIGGING IT OUT Part Couples […]
We are such a comfortable bunch. I don’t just mean you and me, just all humanity, really. But – Feel yourself included. We like to sit in our dark or shiny little corners, do our things and not really be bothered too much. Heaven forbid that we’d put some effort forth. If someone […]
How to Compromise in Marriage: The Quest for Perfection You know what I am talking about. So many couples reach out, looking for help with their communication. Compromising is right up there, a close second. They’ll say they need help making decisions. What they really mean is – They want to learn […]
On Grief in Marriage: FIRST, MY STORY I remember that day like it was yesterday. The year was 1998. My grandfather had just passed away and all of us kids came out for the funeral. My dad and my godmother were with him when he took his last breath and they had […]
Do you? Do you think you do?? Let me ask you this first: Who says you want too much from it? Who is it that’s asking? Because it’s essentially irrelevant. Wait – Did I just say it’s irrelevant? I absolutely did. It’s really nobody else’s business but yours. And I am known to say quite the […]
Date ideas are not as easy to come by as I thought. I used to think that couples had no issues coming up with things to do together. That was until a few years back when I realized that, time and time and time again (yes, I did mean to write that three […]
i Let’s talk about date night but let me tell you a story first. I went to a family reunion some weeks back and overheard a conversation about the grandparents, one of which had passed. A lot was said about the kind of people that they were, what they did for their children and […]
You might have seen one of these. On the front of a hallmark card or maybe in someone’s News feed, a tribute of sorts to their husband or their we(to be) or one on their birthday, anniversary or just a day like every other. You know what I am talking about, right? It’s […]