Sex…I could go the rest of my life without it!” I said to my husband, Mark, as we drove up to the bed-and-breakfast we had reserved for a two-day getaway. “I have no desire. I’m so tired, and I can’t seem to ever meet your needs!”...
In August, I attended the Willow Creek Global Leadership Summit and heard an excellent session by Joseph Grenny, one of the authors of Crucial Conversations. While the session had wonderful takeaways for leadership conversations, I couldn’t help thinking that it...
Mark and I have started talking about the next No More Perfect book. Yep, No More Perfect Marriages is on the radar screen. While it’s release will be several years from now, Mark and I are talking through the messages we want to include in the book. If...
“Negative thinking is one of the major risk factors that determines whether or not a marriage even survives” ~Greg Smalley
“Love is a way of thinking. Love is a way of behaving. Love is a choice.” ~Gary Chapman
“Relationships blossom when sacrifice takes the place of selfishness.” ~Darlene Schacht
“The goal in marriage is not to think alike, but to think together.” ~ Robert C....
It was 31 years ago today that Mark and I promised to love one another for better or for worse. Of course, we had absolutely no idea what those words would mean from a practical perspective. If I had to go back and give my younger self some words of wisdom about...
What about you? Do you need to up your forgiveness quota?
Hello Jill, After reading No More Perfect Moms, I decided to present a challenge to some dear friends: Go a whole month with out saying or doing anything negative towards our husbands. I’m personally in the habit if rearranging the dishes in the dishwasher or...
Wife first. Mother second. Internalizing that statement has taken me most of the nearly 30 years I’ve been a mom. A mom’s knee-jerk response is to put the kids before the marriage. After all…your child needs you to care for their basic...
One of the things I remember about being at my grandpa’s house was a magnifying glass that he kept on the table beside his chair. It was a heavy duty lens and I loved positioning it over different items and looking at them in larger-than-life form. When you...
Today we’re hearing from a favorite 2013 Hearts at Home workshop speaker: Shaunti Feldhahn. Shaunti’s newest book, The Surprising Secrets of Highly Happy Marriages, is a wonderful resource for couples. This is an excerpt from the book!...
Today’s post is from my friend Angie. She wrote it for our local newspaper and I told her that it had to be shared on the blog. I hope it encourages you in the same way it encouraged me! **************************************************************** I didn’t...
Last week I received a Facebook message from Amber. Her story was so powerful I just knew I had to share it with you! Amber let the No More Perfect Moms message change a friend’s marriage and spark a ministry in her church. This is a reminder that you and I can...
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