QUESTION: “My husband will not apologize or take any responsibility for difficulties in our relationship with our son and daughter in law. I want to honor and respect my husband but I see how difficult he can be. How can I deal with this? Stemming from an incident last summer, they are not allowing any…
My husband Tom and I started attending one of the fastest growing churches in our area about the time I got my license in marital and family therapy. I was the first Christian counselor in the area so many of the families started seeing me for help with their kids and teens. The most common…
I am a recovering compulsive people-pleaser. I found out very early on in my engagement that making everyone happy is not only exhausting, it’s impossible. The engagement period is rife with the tension that comes from a messy, awkward transfer of family loyalty. Because before you are married, your parents and siblings are your core…
I was obviously too young when I got married. That’s why it just fell apart. I didn’t know what I wanted.” There I was waiting beside my husband in a mass of people about to start running a 5K, and this is what I overhear a guy next to us say. Not exactly the conversation…
“Ding Dong, Ding Dong!” The bells toll their melodic tune over and over again, and it is music to my ears. It is an invitation to pause and recall the gift of the Christmas season. As I look up, there is a man standing there with a white beard, Santa hat, and a big grin…
