Our honeymoon had been perfect so far. My husband of four days had blown me away with his romantic surprises. We were giddy about being on the breathtaking Hawaiian island, Kauai, and it seemed like every minute we were relishing in our new love together. But suddenly as we walked along the shore near our…
Successful marriage consistently calls for both the humble admission of error when wrongdoing has occurred and the mutual commitment to grow in unfamiliar ways. Nothing destroys these two pillars of healthy relationships more quickly than persistent defensiveness and an unforgiving, critical spirit. These are the heart-hardening factors that eventually destroy the elasticity of creative conflict…
I’m a girl who has always been labeled a “natural born leader.” I credit that confidence and independence to my parents, who raised me to believe in myself, to go out on a limb every now and then and to be involved in activities that stretched and grew my leadership skills. I am a happy…
If there is a bug, I will catch it. As a child, I never had to pretend that I was sick to get out of school. I always missed more than enough school because I really was sick. One evening, my mom thought I was pretending to be sick to get out of attending my…
12:44 AM is much later than I wanted to be ending my day. I lay in bed with my handy iPod and begin exploring the latest devotional I had found. It’s interesting, thought provoking and brings many questions that I then in turn ask God. So what’s the problem? I am distracted by the beat…
