My early morning jog seemed colder than normal. I felt chilled to the bone, so I stayed in the hot shower a bit longer than usual.  I had almost exhausted the hot water supply when I finally turned off the taps. Through the curtains my husband handed me a towel.  As I wrapped the fresh white towel around my shivering... >Read More

Tags: Christmas, doris douma, FamilyLife Canada, gifts, healthy marriage, husband, improving your marriage, love, marriage, marriage conference, Men, newlywed, protecting your marriage, relationships, remarriage, romance, sex and love, wife, Women

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Many of us have hit ruts in our marriage. We live together. We chauffeur children together. We manage paychecks, and bills, and grocery lists, and karate lessons, and our parents' doctors appointments. But we don't seem to have FUN.  We often feel mildly put out. He'll be at work all day, and when he gets home, he collapses in... >Read More

Tags: challenges & conflict, commitment, communication, family issues, healthy marriage, improving your marriage, marriage, newlywed, priorities, protecting your marriage, remarriage, resolving conflict, sex and love, sheila wray gregoire

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When I was 9 years old I was in love with Chachi. I used to dream that I was just a few years older and I was asked to star in his TV show, and he kissed me and decided that he loved me. I would work out all kinds of different plots for the show, all of which... >Read More

Tags: commitment, communication, crush, fancy, healthy marriage, improving your marriage, priorities, protecting your marriage, relationship, romance, sex, sex and love, sexual intimacy, values, Women

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According to a recent report from the Family Research Council, 55 percent of teenagers live in families where their biological parents have rejected one another. Of the 12.8 million teenagers ages 15-17 in the U.S. in 2008, 7 million were living with one birth parent only, with a birth parent and a stepparent, with two cohabiting parents, or with...... >Read More

Tags: child of divorce, children, divorce, families, grief, guilt, parents, relationships, separation, sex and love, teenagers

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I'm going to start with something really basic. Men want to be wanted. They don't want to be placated.  So when it comes to intimacy, we women need to step up to the plate a little bit more. You may think you're meeting his needs because you're making love a few times a week, but he won't feel loved... >Read More

Tags: communication, husband, improving your marriage, intimacy, marriage, relationships, romance, Romance & Sex, sex, sex and love, sexual intimacy, sexual problems, wife, Women

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Whether our sexuality was stolen from us or we gave it away, we experience a loss. But unfortunately many of us don’t allow ourselves to grieve those losses. Psychologists tell us that there are five stages of grieving; denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. Writing out our life map begins to move us beyond denial to truth....... >Read More

Tags: challenges & conflicts, healing, hope, intimacy, Life Issues, rape, romance, Romance & Sex, Self, sex, sex and love, sexual abuse, sexual healing, sexual intimacy, sexual past, sexual problems, trauma, Women

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When we’ve been used or abused with sex, it damages our view of sex, ourselves, others and God. Part of the healing process will be seeing ourselves and sex from God’s perspective. God made sex. And He made it good, pure and pleasurable. But when sex has been a source of pain and wounding, it’s impossible for us to... >Read More

Tags: challenges & conflicts, faith, healing, intimacy, Life Issues, rape, romance, Romance & Sex, Self, sex, sex and love, sexual abuse, sexual healing, sexual intimacy, sexual past, sexual problems, trauma, Women

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