All of us tend to have a certain way of resolving conflict—one of four basic fighting styles: 1. I’ll win at all costs (you control and attack). 2. I’ll never win (you give up). 3. I’ll withdraw (you just let it go or ignore it). 4. We’ll work together to resolve the issue. Though Gayle…
“How do I look?” I asked, turning one last time in the mirror before getting ready to leave for church. “Hmmm, actually, I think those pants are a little tight,” said Josh, my husband. We’d only been married about a year and this was the first time Josh had ever said anything negative about my…
When you have children, it’s important to help them stay connected to the other biological parent’s family. Too often, second marriages result in broken extended-family relationships, and this will hurt the children. They are forever connected to that biological extended family, for better or for worse. They are related by blood and by heritage, whether…
My husband finally loves Christmas. No, this is not about the holidays, but it is about something that happens to me during the flurry of activity that accompanies anything I’m in charge of. Like Christmas at our house. Bill named this setting on my dial machine-gun mode, and I think it feels good. Things need…
My husband once made a comment to me about how I “hate” the cowlick he wakes up with every morning on the back of the left side of his head (notice I specified exactly where it is). I was slightly offended. Hate? It seems like a strong word to apply to something so insignificant. But…
