Healthy Marriage
Feeling Grief
Grieving is a unique experience. It’s a process that is as individual as the people it affects. Oh yes, there are predictable stages … but the experience of loosing someone dear to you is truly a very personal journey. Recently I said goodbye to my dear Dad. It’s hard to believe it was only a couple of months ago. I’ve processed a lot...
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Preparing for Retirement Over the next 20 years, an unprecedented number of Canadians will...
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Healing a Marriage Story told by Tom Archibald and Suellen Beatty, written by Laurie...
My husband was gone--and now I would have to determine how I would support myself and my five-year-old younger daughter. I was offered a full-time job in the downtown office where I had done some part-time work. "Oh, Lord," I prayed, "what should I do? I hate the thought of putting Lori in the care of others all summer and after school. She's such...
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There's not much to life when you don't like people. I didn't value men and I thought women were boring - I didn't trust anyone. Becoming a career woman enabled me to find fulfilment outside of relationships. I joined the Royal Canadian Mounted Police as a plain clothes officer in 1977, three years after women were first allowed in. I really...
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In the backseat the younger three kids—toddler Erin in her safety seat and the kindergartner twins, Jonathan and Jennifer sitting beside her—were quiet for once. They didn’t understand why yet another change had to happen in their lives but they trusted me to keep them safe and make things okay. Beside me in the front seat my oldest child,...
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1. Name the offense as clearly as possible. It’s hard for us to forgive something that isn't clear to us. 2. Find someone trustworthy and non-judgmental to listen to your story. Having someone listen and understand is a powerful part of healing. Journaling prayers to God, crying with a trusted friend, or seeking help from a qualified counselor...
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Does prayer feel uncomfortable? Does it feel awkward to pray with your husband? Discomfort was my barrier to overcome. I felt Jim was too grand and way too mature in how he prayed to God. I felt he needed to impress God instead of simply talk to Him. Jim would pray like this: Oh, Holy and Gracious Father, I throw myself down upon Thee. Thou knowest...
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Once upon a time, there was a teenage girl and boy who met in high school and fell madly in love. Both were "good" kids who got high grades, listened to their parents, went to church, were involved in school and church activities and didn't smoke, drink or do drugs. The end of a fairytale But she had an alcoholic father who often became verbally...
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