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Sometimes You Just Need Someone To Listen

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Articles, Communication, Dating, Emotions, Engaged, Expectations, For Her, Friendship, Issues, Issues & Culture, Married, Practical, Relationship, Relationships
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I was having a tough day. It was just a day where my emotions were feeling raw. I was frustrated and discouraged over some thing and the tears came quickly to my eyes all day. And I mean alllll day! I tried to put on a brave face and not act wimpy. I didn’t want…

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Moving as a Married Couple

The first time my husband and I moved was two days after our honeymoon. We loaded up a trailer with our wedding gifts and other odds and ends and set off to drive three hours to where Derek had lived. We picked up another load of stuff and headed another three hours to our new…

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One of the Best Things You Can Do for Your Future Marriage

Shelley Hendrix
Blog, Communication, Conflict, Dating, Engaged, Finances, Issues & Culture, Married, Practical, Relationship, remarriage, Roles
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Getting married carries its own risks and rewards. Bringing two individuals into a life-long covenant relationship truly requires God-size love and faith. Having been through an unwanted and very painful divorce, the idea of getting married again was that much more of a risk for me. Now I had two young daughters to consider in…

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The Tough Decisions

Jen Bradley
Blog, Conflict, Emotions, Issues & Culture, Married, Relationship
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It was an easy choice to say “yes” when Jonas asked me to marry him in 2005. Saying “I do” after a stressful engagement was the next landmark decision in our relationship. It had been a long road, but still easy to marry the one I truly loved. When we bought our first home, first…

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Real Problems, Real God

Gary Thomas
Blog, Communication, Conflict, Faith, Issues & Culture, Married, Relationship, Spirtuality
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Blessed are the people whose God is the Lord!” Psalm 144:15 Melissa is married to a depressed husband. Next to an addiction, being married to a depressed spouse is one of the most difficult challenges a husband or wife could ever endure. Depressives tend to cast a pall not only on their own lives, but…