How many words can you brainstorm which begin with the prefix “re”? Google shows me a couple hundred, if not more. “Re-” means “again” or “in new form”. In the world of recovery and marriage counseling, “re-“ is a necessary concept. Allow me to explain. Troy and Kate entered pastoral counseling for a last-effort meeting….
3 years ago, I decided to separate from my husband. It was a surprisingly easy decision. I wanted to reclaim my independence; expand my social circles and reconnect with people from the past. I just couldn’t make those things happen while hitched to my hubby. And so I did it. With a few clicks of…
Have you ever been in a dressing room and accidentally tried on a pair of pants that were one or two sizes too small? You stuff yourself into them and just barely get the zipper closed. If you were to try to function in your everyday life wearing these ill-fitting pants, it wouldn’t be long…
“Linda has a great need for social interaction, so she takes the lead on planning and arranging our social life,” Rick says. “Getting together with our family and our small group are two regular events for us. I know Linda needs social interaction, so I go along for the ride. I don’t need it as…
Dale and I experienced very different backgrounds. He came from a small, close-knit, Protestant family and grew up in Southern California. I grew up in a large, blended Catholic family in upstate New York, so our family experiences were quite different from each other’s. We also grew up more than a decade apart, so our…
