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20+ Practical Ways to Care for Your Spouse
“How do you spell ‘love’?” – Piglet “You don’t spell it…you feel it.” – Pooh” – A.A. Milne Love is a feeling, which in order to be felt needs to be converted into…
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5 Lessons I’ve Learned From My Cross-Cultural Marriage
- Grace Dellis
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I’m an expat. I was born in Louisiana, grew up in rural Georgia, and moved abroad to Australia in 2013. The plan was to stay for a year, to work as an au pair while interning with a global non-profit, and then to go home with a career path for my future. The plan was…
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Why I Lied—And Why God Asked Me to Stop
I was a chronic liar before I hit double digits. I lied about how I was feeling: No, I’m not angry. I’m just tired. I lied about what I wanted to do: I don’t care which movie we go see. Lying was not only easy—it allowed me to avoid both conflict and rejection. I grew…
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The Great Seasonal Switch: A First Holiday with the In-laws
The Great Seasonal Stand-off—the annual decision of where to go for holidays—may be one of the first major compromises for newlyweds. When my husband and I were first married, my parents lived in Alaska and his parents in Michigan. It was impossible to visit both places for our first Christmas together. Would we split the…
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Becoming the Helper Your Husband Needs
The LORD God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.” Genesis 2:18 Before I got married, I spent hours dreaming about the man my future husband would become after we said, “I Do.” I was sure that my soon-to-be status as his wife…