“Our life is a constant journey, from birth to death. The landscape changes, the people change, our needs change, but the train keeps moving. Life is the train, not the station.” ~Paulo Coelho God is the One who has laid down the railway tracks of our lives. My husband Steve and I have a mutual…
A couple close to me recently celebrated their 30th wedding anniversary. On the surface, they are like ‘chalk and cheese.’ The wife is optimistic, impulsive and very positive. The husband, on the other hand, is a wee bit less optimistic and less impulsive. About ten years into their marriage I asked her what it was…
“Fear is the path to the darkside. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.” -Master Yoda If you read my Start Marriage Right biography, you discover pretty quickly that I am a big Star Wars fan. First, Star Wars connects me to my childhood. Secondly, Star Wars does a wonderful job…
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…
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…
