As someone who has counseled couples for over 20 years, I have seen an interesting phenomenon in marriage relationships. Often, one spouse pursues intimacy, while the other is less interested or focused elsewhere. Different circumstances may cause intimacy shifts in the relationship and couples need to be aware of what may cause intimacy to falter…
Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. —Galatians 6:9 (NIV) It was 12:45 a.m. and I was sending my dad an email after my university’s team got hammered by 32 points on a Saturday night. I was a…
I want you to think about your biggest misconception of what you thought marriage would be like. I know exactly what mine was. I thought my husband and I could somehow make the honeymoon period last forever and have a conflict-free marriage. Extremely far-fetched, but as humans, we sometimes live according to our ideals rather…
For anyone who’s been single for more years than they’ve been married, you’ll be able to identify with what I’m about to share. I am a 37-year-old wife who has been married for 5 years now. I got married in my early 30’s, and when I look back over my adult life, it’s amazing to…
The butterflies ceased, the kind words of affirmation came to a halt, and those go-out-of-my-way gifts for him dwindled. I didn’t know when or how this happened, but one day I realized we were brother and sister, not friends and lovers. When I was engaged to my husband, I never thought for a second that marriage…
