I was 23 years old, married for a year, and just received an offer to coach high school basketball. I was already attending seminary part-time and had started a career as a pastor. My wife, Tara, was scheduled to start traveling for medical internships within the month. Over the next four months, she would be…
It never ceases to amaze me just how fickle my feelings can be in my marriage! One moment, I can look at my husband and feel so in love with him, so at peace and the thought goes through my mind, “I will never fight with him again, our love is so great”. Suddenly, he…
Tony stood aghast at Marsha’s push back against his proposal to use their vacation time to go kayaking on their favorite lake in the mountains. His wife revealed to him that, while she had been willing in the past to go to the mountains, she had always been partial to spending time at the beach. During…
Every time I tried to tell you, the words just came out wrong; so I’ll have to say I love you in a song. – Jim Croce Love is hard to put into words. We often find it difficult to express the emotions that at one moment excite and the next enervate us. It is,…
During the course of your marriage, there are going to be many times when your spouse disappoints you and vice versa. When you find yourself questioning their feelings for you and you start to wonder: How much does he/she really love me? How deep is their commitment to me – not to the marriage but…
