Valentine, How Do I Love Thee?
Valentine's Day brings sweet expressions of romance. "I love you" fills telephone lines, mailboxes, airwaves, personal ads and cybertraffic. The price of flowers mysteriously rises in February.
How do you say, "I love you"? Maybe a kind greeting in the morning or a phone call midday? A nice lunch or dinner can convey the feeling. So can a surprise...... >Read More
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God Removed My “Damaged Goods” Sticker
“Sometimes I feel like you’re worthless!” said the voice on the phone.
“Well then,” I replied. “I suppose we shouldn’t be together.” I hung up.
After months of trying to end things, of breaking up with him repeatedly, I finally had the courage to let my boyfriend go once and for all. In the aftermath of that final phone call...... >Read More
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Bust a Rut, Lose Your Gut
Do you go to the same vacation spot every year? Have pizza for dinner almost every Friday night? Always hit the stationary bike or treadmill at the gym? While it can be comforting to stick to the familiar, being more adventurous can improve your relationships, health and mental well-being, says Dr. Frank Farley, a psychologist at Temple University...... >Read More
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You Always Marry into a Family
They say that when you marry someone you marry their entire family. There’s a lot of truth in that. In reality, you don’t just have to deal with parent-in-laws, there are sibling-in-laws, their respective spouses and children, grandparents, step parents and ex-spouses too.
For both my husband and I there were things that were normal and accepted...... >Read More
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5 Apologies That Always Work
My husband's very good at apologizing. It's not that I don't apologize. Admitting when you’re wrong is hard but I always do it when I believe I'm wrong. It's that the way I apologize doesn't get received as being sincere. I’m working on getting better at apologizing and this is what I’ve learned so far.
In any apology, the hearer... >Read More
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The Single Mom Survival Kit 8: The Blame Game
When tragedy hits and life changes it’s easy to play The Blame Game. When couples separate, emotions and tension can run very high. The Blame Game can be a game of who was the worst, who did what, and what am I going to get out of it now. If this game continues, it destroys us. It keeps... >Read More
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Forgiveness Is Not A Feeling
Learning to forgive is CRITICAL to building a healthy marriage. We’ve only had “little” offenses to forgive each other on this first year, but I’m not going to kid myself that “little” hurts are all that’ll ever touch our marriage. Even so, in this first year I’ve had plenty of opportunities to practice forgiveness (and so has my...... >Read More
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Is God a Prude?
Does God smile on love but frown on sex? Does God want... >more
Anger: Definitive vs Distorted
I will apologize for doing something I believe is wrong. It’s a... >more
What Do You Fear?
