The Power of Intimate Friendships
Single or married, why you can't afford to neglect female friends.
Our friends are among life's greatest treasures. They help us negotiate the difficult hurdles of life— the travails of puberty, our "unreasonable" parents, our 20-something romances. Later they coach us through first-time motherhood. They are there when kids go off to college...... >Read More
Tags:
friendship,
friendships and social life,
healthy marriage,
Karen L. Schenk,
loneliness and isolation,
marriage,
relationships,
sex and love,
Women
No Comments »
The Friendship Reflection
Why is it we are drawn to some people more than others? What makes us want to maintain a friendship?
Friendship is a life line. Connecting with like minded people who genuinely care about one another is a gift we take for granted all too often.
Friends are people we feel good with.
Some make us laugh, some hear us out and... >Read More
Tags:
friendship,
friendships and social life,
gail rodgers,
healthy marriage,
loneliness and isolation,
Women,
women and men
No Comments »
Best Friend
"Best friend" can sound like a silly, childish term to many people. It conjures up images of playground arguments between little girls, but it is a term that is dear to my heart.
I met Jocelyn in 1974, in Mrs. Ball's kindergarten class. I was four years old and she was five. Over the course of a year spent huddled... >Read More
Tags:
friendship,
friendships and social life,
healthy marriage,
improving your marriage,
LIFE,
loneliness and isolation,
relationships,
ruthann raycroft,
spirituality,
Students,
Women,
women and men
No Comments »
A Safe Friend
I believe as we journey here on earth, we will have friends who will enrich our lives placing them in the memory box of our mind for years to come.
However, I want to share about a very special type of friend that I call a Safe Friend. This person is someone who will accept you no matter what. They... >Read More
Tags:
friendships,
friendships and social life,
healthy marriage,
Linda Rodgers,
loneliness and isolation,
Women
No Comments »
Why do people seem to lose their friends after marriage?
I want to get married, but I am afraid of losing my friends. I know of many people who have lost their friends after being married. Please explain to me why people, especially women, lose their friends after marriage?
Advice: All of us have just 24 hours a day. If we are also working, going to school, etc., we find... >Read More
Tags:
advice,
Dr. Ginger Gabriel,
friends,
friendships and social life,
healthy marriage,
LIFE,
loneliness and isolation,
marriage,
protecting your marriage,
sex and love,
Women,
women and men
19 Comments »
Winning Friendships
Who you choose to be your closest friends is one of the... >more
Gab, Blab, and Gossip
“The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels…” Prov. 26:22
I once... >more
What Do You Fear?
