How Gratitude Brings Hope and Healing to Our Lives
When November rolls around, we start thinking of all that we are thankful for. In today’s world, this topic is not very popular. When it comes to our relationship with our spouses, we sometimes forget about thankfulness. It is a simple expression and will bring much joy to those on the receiving end of our gratefulness. When I (Sharon), remember to say thanks to [...]
Exploring Your Emotional Baggage
This month's article may be uncomfortable or even painful for some of us to read, but I urge you to read it anyway. All of us have "baggage", those unpleasant—and sometimes horrific—events that make up our personal history. But they need not make up our future. No matter what past baggage you carry, you can be free from its load, [...]
6 Things Gals Wish Men Knew About Women
Wow! Where has the summer gone! This is the time of year that Sharon gets sad thinking about the end of Summer's warm glow and the approaching cold of winter. I (Russ) on the other hand, get excited about the arrival of Fall—blazing color, sunny blue sky days, crisp night air, Sunday Night Football, the smell of leaves and burning [...]
10 Things Guys Wish Women Knew About Men
Have you ever had the feeling you were married to an alien life-form? Sometimes it seems that way when we grapple to understand our mate. Throughout history, plays, books, movies and songs have been written highlighting the differences between men and women. One of the more recent bestsellers, Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus, took a lighter look [...]
What’s Your Love Language?
We're in the heat of summer now and hopefully things are heating up in your marriage too! With the warm weather come numerous opportunities to take walks together, attend an outdoor concert, spend a day at a local beach, hunt for treasures at an open-air flea market, enjoy a romantic dinner at an outdoor café—or whatever you enjoy doing together. [...]
Have You Faced the Myths of Marriage with Honesty?
Tom and Laura came to see us just nine months after their wedding. They had swallowed the happily-ever-after myth whole and were now feeling queasy. “Before we got married we couldn’t bear to be apart from one another,” Laura confided. “We did almost everything together, and I thought that’s how it would be in our marriage, even more so.” She [...]
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