Last month I finally watched all three movies in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Have you seen them? I hadn’t read all the books so I was on the edge of my seat as to how the journey would unfold. One of the story threads that touched me the most was Frodo’s relationship with…
Q: How come when a wife cries during a stressful time it typically unsettles the husband—who suddenly will climb inside himself because HE is uncomfortable— instead of genuinely caring for what his wife is feeling? It just compounds the issue and makes it harder on both of us. A: This is rather a common phenomenon that, especially…
Q: How can a couple find ways to work around legitimate differences that sometimes are, by nature, hurtful to the other person? For instance, one spouse’s love language is quality time, but the other one has a highly social job and when at home needs most of his or her time alone in a quiet part…
I can’t do this anymore. Not one more day,” she said through bitter tears. “I’m done.” She took her ring off and surrendered it on the kitchen table, believing she was finally free. What happened to this marriage? I’m pretty sure her engagement didn’t include, “Will you marry me so we can get a divorce?”…
I sipped my salted Haitian latte and listened as my friend Annie confided the concerns and excitements she had about her budding relationship with Chris. While I wasn’t officially her mentor, Annie often turned to me – a woman with ten years of life and almost a decade of marriage on her — for advice…
