Recently I asked my fourteen-year-old daughter what her idea of marriage is. Her reply amazed me. She said that her idea of marriage is like ‘the supper table’! Below are some of the reasons she gave. I have taken her thoughts and expounded on them: The supper table is where we gather together It is…
A few years ago I went out for supper with some of my woman friends. There were nine of us in total – we were a mixed bunch. We came from different walks of life, different countries, different cultures and had different belief systems. There were, however, two main things that we all had in…
Melissa and Bradley are planning their wedding. They’re happy together and are “convinced” their marriage will succeed. Well, actually, they are mostly convinced. Melissa has been married before and brings two reluctant teens into the relationship. Brad says he loves Melissa’s children. He wants to be their father, but senses their resistance. In a recent…
When my wife, Cheri, and I were first married, we made a lot of plans. We made plans for our career and finances. We made plans to travel and purchase a home. And we had plans to start and raise a family. Those are of course, very typical plans. But life has a way of…
“Wait a while to have children. You want to enjoy the time you have together…you’ll never get it back…” My husband and I heard that statement constantly when we first got married, as I’m sure many newlyweds do. He and I only dated for two months, were engaged for eleven months, and were in our…
