My mother and step-father got divorced after almost 29 years of marriage. She was 79 and he was 81! I had made arrangements with the Sheriff of the Court to meet him at the retirement home where my mom was staying in order to be there when he presented the divorce summons. He told me…
Last week a well-known celebrity announced that she and her husband are separating. They have a young child. To pull language directly from her, she said that the split is amicable, they are best friends and will remain so, they make each other laugh a lot, and her husband is an amazing father. Based on…
No one wants a tutorial on divorce. No one walks down the aisle planning for the marriage to end. At least not in a healthy relationship. Yet there is one particular thing any couple can do to significantly increase their chances of divorce. It’s simple: disconnect. I’m not talking about disconnecting from each other. I…
There is a cultural upheaval occurring in our nation, the likes of which have been completely foreign to the roots of this country’s foundation. Likewise, Christian values and beliefs are under assault as never before. The very definition of marriage itself is undergoing dramatic change as part of a rapidly metastasizing secularism that claims that…
Like two fish hooks in the gills of an unsuspecting catch, my fiancé’s blue eyes encroached my territory and yanked me out of my carefree world. “Jennifer,” he whispered, “Out is not an option.” What? Did he just say ‘out is not an option’? C~R~E~E~P~Y! This relationship is looking more and more like a jail…
