I’ve been married a long time (40 years to be exact), but just when I think I’ve figured out everything there is to know about marriage, my husband and I enter a new season of life, causing me to dig in and work once more. Marriage books are a dime a dozen, so it’s hard…
Personal space is scary! In his 1933 inaugural address, Franklin D. Roosevelt spoke the well-known phrase, “We have nothing to fear but fear itself.” It is timeless, and never more true than in relationships where fear can be the great bucket of water that puts out the most fervent flame. With our partners, we are…
Some people grumble that roses have thorns; I am grateful that thorns have roses. ― Alphonse Karr, A Tour Round My Garden How we look at something, the perspective we choose, often determines not only what we see, but what we experience. This certainly holds true for marriage. How we look at it and the…
If you’re like me, you have a couple of social media accounts and probably follow a few people you consider your “friends” even though you don’t know them in real life. There’s a few of those people I wish my path would cross with in real life for a coffee shop chat, but that’s another…
I like watching sports, but I’m certainly no sports fanatic and can’t quote you many statistics related to sports. I have just enough basic understanding for most sports, but last year had to ask a few questions during the World Cup as soccer was a little confusing. I live in the Houston area and we…
