If there is a bug, I will catch it. As a child, I never had to pretend that I was sick to get out of school. I always missed more than enough school because I really was sick. One evening, my mom thought I was pretending to be sick to get out of attending my…
Grief is tough to navigate. It sneaks up at odd times and causes such a wide range of emotions. The day will be going swimmingly and before long, you’re swimming in tears. I’ve gained wisdom through an experience I’ve had with grief, which is still fresh, and am sharing with hope that it will provide…
Our society has this strange tendency to lure us into planning and pulling off the perfect “fairytale” wedding. Just about any girl you ask, including me, has at some point dreamed about her picture-perfect wedding, husband, honeymoon and home—with a list of expectations for each. A friend who recently married had a rule throughout her…
Today, more than ever, marriages are threatened by extra-marital affairs. Such heartache is as old as history itself. The Bible is filled with accounts of those (including God’s own servants) who were lured into adultery. Indeed, King Solomon (whose father had the most famous affair of them all) wrote many of his Proverbs with the…
Often in marriages one person assumes control the finances. They pay the bills, watch the accounts, and retain all of the money know how. In our family that is my wife, Treva. She willingly takes on that task, and it definitely helps us split the workload of family responsibilities. One of the pitfalls, however, is…
