Did you expect to have a nice sparkly diamond (or a rough, manly band) decorating that finger by now? Perhaps you were in a relationship heading towards marriage, but, for one reason or another, it didn’t work out in the end. Or perhaps you’re still patiently waiting for the right one to show up. You’re…
It was Easter Sunday 1978, a holy day, a day to celebrate the resurrection of Christ, so why my parents chose that day to announce they were getting a divorce, I’ll never know. I was 16 years old and I was well aware that many of my friends had parents who were divorced. They lived…
I don’t know how many frogs the fairy-tale princess kissed before she found her prince, but I have to admit that I kissed a lot of frogs before finding my prince. We want to believe in the fairy-tale. Most of us want to believe that our “prince” is out there somewhere among all the frogs that we…
I can still remember the way the house smelled like freshly brewed coffee. Every morning I found my father sitting in the Victorian Style floral chair reading his Bible. He always seemed to be sitting with one leg crossed over the other the Bible in his lap, and his coffee on the end table. I…
A relationship can be difficult enough to navigate when both people are healthy but what do you do when a chronic illness is in the mix? Illness can bring depression, frustration and isolation, taxing a relationship. But I have discovered that there can also be much joy and solidarity with your spouse even in the midst of trying circumstances. In…
