Tips, Resources and Encouragement
Ways to thrive in marriage might not include the following dialogue in your marriage but I’m sure you have something like it… “What is that doing in the fridge?” I asked Jeremy who was sitting in the other room. “Er… rather, WHY is that in the fridge?” “Because there is less humidity in there… keep the door closed.” he said… Read More
“In times of stress, the best thing we can do for each other is to listen with our ears and our hearts and to be assured that our questions are just as important as our answers.” Mr. Rogers We are learning in this perpetual circle of change that a marriage under stress is fragile, precious and worth fighting for. We… Read More
Really. There are a lot of marriage problems. I’ve discovered the most common marriage problem. This common problem is right up there with the one thing you shouldn’t do in marriage. AND the one MORE thing you shouldn’t do in marriage. The list keeps growing… are you doing any of these marriage breakers? Yet, if we could all recognize it,… Read More
How do we have a love like that? I sat curled up in our bed with tears just streaming down my face. I had an awful cold. The bed around me was littered with used kleenex and cough drop wrappers. I was home from language school, by myself in the apartment, trying to sleep but every time I laid down,… Read More
Usually at some point between 6 and 6:30am, I’m squeaking our bedroom door open, leaving the precious air conditioning, hitting the immediate wall of humidity, to make my way downstairs to begin a new day before the girls wake up. I am sure to have my cellphone in hand with my flashlight app turned on. Pretty much every single morning,… Read More
I haven’t blogged about marriage in a while. Because we are still trying to figure out how to make a marriage work in the hard times. The desert moments. Difficulties, struggles and challenges of life. I never imagined how different our marriage would look after the unbelievable amount of change, transition, and life that has happened over the past years… Read More