Author and speaker David Erickson recently said, “There is a child in me always seeking to destroy the man that I am.” As I sat with Josh and Katy a couple of weeks ago, I remembered what David said because it fit Josh and Katy perfectly. They had only been married a little over a year,…
“I feel like we’re nothing more than roommates!” I hope I’m not the only woman who has ever said that. Or, the only woman who has felt her revealed heart pierced by a husband who glanced up from his video game, the back of the sports page or his fishing lure to say, “What?” Or…
With all of the dysfunction of the national government lately, I keep thinking if you tried to run a household like the government is modeling for us financially, you would be in big trouble! And as for a relationship, can you imagine what would happen if you tried to resolve conflict the way our elected…
Here are the things I thought happily married couples would do: dance in the kitchen, have fabulous sex, travel the world, and be able to have lengthy, meaningful conversations while hardly saying a word. In fact, the telepathic love connection expectation ran pretty high. Think of Schmidt’s character in New Girl: just one look at…
No one wants a tutorial on divorce. No one walks down the aisle planning for the marriage to end. At least not in a healthy relationship. Yet there is one particular thing any couple can do to significantly increase their chances of divorce. It’s simple: disconnect. I’m not talking about disconnecting from each other. I…
