There’s no such thing as a perfect marriage, but how do you know if you’re in a good marriage? There have been a spat of celebrity break ups this week.  It’s easy to look at them at think, “well that’s Hollywood, we have real problems” but sometimes we lose perspective too.  When you’re tired, when change is slow, when you run out...

Can a broken marriage be fixed? Often, if both partners are willing to do the work the answer is yes.   In a recent article for CNN author Eileen Kelly recounts her own experience with couples' counseling.  For Kelley and her husband the end began on a Caribbean vacation with their three year old twins.  She writes about how she has seen several...

I was reading CNN.com this morning when I a link caught my eye. It read, “LeAnn Rimes: Why I cheated” It sounded like perhaps Ms. Rimes had done some soul searching and had uncovered the reasons why she walked away from her marriage.  Curious, I clicked the link and discovered her answer. The article quotes her saying, "It wasn't a fulfilling...

Alone and discouraged, I sat staring at a computer screen. I was frustrated by the way my life had turned out. I’d worked hard to hold onto remnants of hope for my marriage, but each day that summer I could feel it slipping through my fingers.  I felt so alone.  God was still there, I knew, but I longed for people who would talk back.  Late...

We’ve all heard the stat that 50% of marriages end in divorce. It’s a horrible number, so much heartache in that one statistic.  But researchers are now saying that there’s more reason to hope.  Walking down the aisle doesn’t have to feel like flipping a coin. Jennifer Baker, the researcher who is credited, erroneously she claims, with...

You've probably heard someone say it, or maybe you've said it yourself: "Fifty percent of marriages end in divorce." That's a pretty depressing statistic, especially for couples who are engaged or newlyweds. "Flip a coin," this almost seems to say, "Heads, you stay married. Tails, you don't." I'll be attending four marriages this summer, and if...

No one ever said marriage was easy, but for four decades Al and Tipper Gore made it work. They survived arguably one of the most controversial presidential campaigns of all time.  They survived sort of winning the presidency and then graciously handing it over.  Al Gore found a new direction in his professional life and was able to laugh about...