One of my husband’s friends told him, “You married a good wife.” My reaction, which started out as shock, eventually ballooned to one of pride. I didn’t know what I did to earn such a compliment, but it sure felt good to hear it. I was more than happy to hear that someone would think…
Every time I tried to tell you, the words just came out wrong; so I’ll have to say I love you in a song. – Jim Croce Love is hard to put into words. We often find it difficult to express the emotions that at one moment excite and the next enervate us. It is,…
It has been said, You can either be right or you can be happy. I teach a multigenerational adult Sunday school class, and just recently a seasoned couple from our class shared a profound insight that really struck me. This couple has a great marriage, and they have raised three children and are now standing…
The ‘mine’ part is easy. The ‘yours’ part, not so much. When two become one, does everything become ‘ours’? Whew…that’s a loaded question. To which, we will explore the answer. Studies show money to be one of the top causes of conflict in marriage. Ideally, money and the issues thereof have been discussed prior to…
I was pregnant and sex wasn’t high on the priority list (sleep and chocolate were). But one strange day when I was about 13 weeks pregnant, I was actually looking forward to some romance on a Friday night. Earlier in the day, my highlight had been devouring pita chips and garlic hummus. I changed my…
