8 Ways to Cultivate a Happy Marriage
I come from a long line of broken marriages. So as a young bride, I wanted to learn the secret to a happy, lasting marriage. For help, I looked to…
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Can You Love Your Husband and Brad Pitt Too?
Above all else, guard your heart for it is the wellspring of life.
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Internet Idolatry
My husband and I recently saw the movie Everest, a tragic spellbinder about two expeditions that met with massive storms while attempting to scale the mountain. We left the theater…
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If the Truth Were Known
This is the year for weddings. I’ve attended four so far and each was entirely different than the next, reflecting the uniqueness of each couple. But I wonder how many couples would stand at…
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Surviving the Strain of Special Needs
It’s amazing that any marriage survives raising children with special needs. A relentless schedule of specialist appointments, filling out forms, meetings, unexpected hospitalizations, repetition, persistent sleep deprivation, difficult mealtimes, public…
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Taking Care of Me
My wife, Sheri, had torn a tendon and needed rotator cuff surgery. On our drive home from the visit with her orthopedic surgeon, we reviewed the surgeon’s prognosis. Post-surgery, Sheri…
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Are You Dating an Abuser?
“My fiancé is jealous. He gets furious when I won’t dump my friends and spend all my free time with him,” the weeping woman shared with me. “I was so…
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Marriage Tips
There are lots of marriage tips out there, it’s difficult to sort them all out. Well… hopefully I can resolve that dilemma. Recently, I was interviewed by WHCF Radio out of Bangor, Maine for…
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Overcoming My Big Mouth!
Territory For the first time in six weeks, I was grateful to have a broken ankle. It gave my husband and me the perfect excuse to bow out of the Learn-to-trust-your–spouse-by–bungee-jumping exercise offered…
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Saying Yes When You Want to Say No
My husband, Richard, worked at a factory job for nearly two decades. A part of him — the vibrant part that drew me to him in the beginning — was…
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