Perhaps you have seen this video recently of a 96 year old man named Fred who entered a songwriting contest. Fred had been married to his wife Lorraine for 73 years, and although she had passed away a month earlier, he wanted to honor her memory by writing her a song. He sent the lyrics…
Communication may be a skill of thinking, speaking, and listening, but what happens when someone listens but cannot hear? James and Ashley had a rough first year of marriage, to say the least. They had met during the fall of their senior year of college. Marriage plans progressed quickly after Christmas, and they were married…
A difficulty for many couples is learning how to handle conflict in marriage. Most of us don’t want to be mean or disrespectful to our spouse. Yet when we grow up with unresolved issues, emotional wounds, or poor role modeling from the adults around us, bad relationship habits can become ingrained. The good news is…
When considering marriage, few compare it to the idiosyncrasies of English grammar. However, there are more similarities than one may initially believe. Before flashbacks of high school English class begin, let’s look at marriage in grammatical terms. Marriage is not a contraction. A contraction takes two words such as “is” and “not” and combines them….
I am a planner. Organization is medicinal for me, and it’s also imperative for my day-to-day functioning. In my defense, my slightly obsessive compulsive planning impulses were birthed out of necessity. Because of some high expectations and aspirations I have placed on my life, I have always juggled way too many tasks in too little…
