Affairs. Pornography. Infidelity. I realize that not everyone reading this has experienced first-hand the side effects these bring to a significant relationship like marriage; and I am SO thankful there are those out there who haven’t. But the sad fact remains that we have all been impacted by at least one person’s choice (perhaps our…
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Introverts have long received the label of “misunderstood.” Some estimate that at least a third or more of the population are introverts. While this is a subjective estimation (everyone has some extroverted and introverted parts), it’s safe to say that most marriages will have one person who is more introverted than the other. If the…
My husband’s family isn’t like mine, and because of that I worried that they wouldn’t like me. When Derek and I were dating, we visited his family in Odessa, Texas a few times, and I’d seen them on occasion when they made trips to see Derek in college. For a few hours, I would smile…
I was already going to be late, and I knew it. Skimming through the house, I tried to piece together all my essential parts before running out the door: purse, phone, coffee… And then I saw them. The dishes, stacked carefully in the sink, looking aged and forlorn, waiting patiently. I glanced at the time,…
