If He Loves Me . . .
When life gets challenging, we all need understanding and support – especially from our spouse. While we all agree with that, or at least we think we do, I would ask, “What are we talking about?” You see when someone says “support” it is easy to think we all mean the same thing but oftentimes…
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Aren’t You Glad You’re Finally Old Enough?
In a culture that runs from age as though it were an out of control monster, you may think my question is strange, Your response might be, “No, I am not glad I am old enough!. I don’t want to be old enough! Why, what am I old enough for?” There was a time when…
DetailsWhat Do You Have to Lose?
A New York University researcher reported last year that in a study which allowed people to bend the rules (cheat), individuals were more likely to do so in order to avoid loss rather than to make a gain. I experience this application to marriage on a daily basis. As I encounter couples in my counseling…
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What Does Spring Produce in You?
I recently read a quote, “Trust winter when the plant says nothing.” While we probably don’t give our plants much thought in the winter, unless we are farmers, they are still there. They may appear dead but concealed within them is the power for new life. In the spring they will grow, produce, and blossom. …
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