No one marriage is exactly like another. You and your spouse create your marriage story one day at a time and one decision at a time. Making the most of your marriage can feel like work for some and fun for others. The important thing is to be intentional about nurturing your most important relationship outside…
Answer (Gary Chapman): How do you keep that emotional love alive? Well, you won’t keep it alive unless there’s some contact. Eventually, the emotions die if there’s no contact with the person. There has to be some renewed contact if you want to keep it alive—either by letters or emails or phone calls, or if…
What words come to your mind when you think of trust?” I asked my husband while we were driving down the road the other day. I told him how I wanted to write my next article on trust. While he thought about the question for a little bit, I chimed in: “Because you know, marriages fail…
Jim arrived at home, bounced up the stairs two at a time and burst into the kitchen with great excitement to greet his wife, Mary. Sweeping her off her feet, he declared he had a wonderful surprise in store for her. Covering her eyes, he led her out to the front porch and, pulling his…
I grew up with 4 sisters and prided myself on my ability to speak respectfully to women. I wasn’t a “player,” but knew how to observe and understand women better than most of my peers. I had a lot of friends of the opposite sex and always felt like I related better with them than…
