Today’s Marriage Monday is brought to you by Milan and Kay Yerkovich. The Yerkovich’s book How We Love has been a complete game-changer in our marriage over the past year. It’s also changed how we parent and tune into our kids’ emotional...
It’s Valentine’s Day. This year I see Valentine’s Day through a different lens. Last year Valentine’s Day was very painful for me. My compassion and empathy meters are going off today for single moms and dads or those who are going through a...
Last Friday was a graduation for Mark and I. It was the last regular marriage counseling session from our very hard 18 months. For 18 months one or both of us has had a counseling appointment nearly every Friday at 9 a.m. Not only that, but the counselor we chose to...
Today’s Marriage Monday is a video I did for Focus on the Family. This video is about helping children make sense of a hard season of marriage. If you or someone you know is going through a hard season of marriage, you can find some words of...
I confess that my husband has me listening to country music on occasion. I’ll get in my car after he’s driven it somewhere and a country music station will croon “my dog died” songs to me out of the stereo speakers. Yesterday I...
Last week I had the privilege of partnering with Focus on the Family to encourage marriages on their radio broadcast. They also featured a 5 minute video I did for them in the fall about loving when it’s hard. If you or someone you know are struggling in your...
A year ago when I going through a dark time in my marriage, I found the website www.RefineUs.org. I was immediately drawn to the honesty of Justin and Trisha Davis. I interacted with them on email and found out that they were graduates of Lincoln Christian University...
If you are here for the first time, welcome! You’ve come to a place of encouragement, honesty, and authenticity. I believe that being open and honest about both the joys and the struggles in life is an important way that we are real with ourselves and real...
Today I have the privilege to be partnering with Focus on the Family on offering hope for hurting marriages. If you or someone you know is dealing with a stormy season of marriage, you can listen online, and you can also watch a 5 minute video on Love During Hard...
You know me…I believe in honesty. Getting all the cards out on the table. Talking about whatever needs to be talked about. Today the topic is pornography. Mark and I have shared openly in our ABC’s of a Healthy Marriage seminars and in my Is There Really...
This year Mark and I have been reading a wonderful book: How We Love by Milan and Kay Yerkovich. The book has given us great insights into ourselves and each other. Not only that, but it has changed our parenting, as well. One way that it has changed us is that we...
I had lunch with a friend last week who has been going through a hard season of marriage at the same time Mark and I have been navigating our hard season. We are both in marriage counseling and we were sharing what we’ve been learning in this season. My friend...
There was no post yesterday because Nana was on duty with Marie unexpectedly for four days. When I arrived home Thursday night from speaking in Monticello, Erica communicated that she really wanted to make a spontaneous trip to Texas. It was killing her that her hubby...
I had the privilege of contributing to Focus on the Family’s newest books. Each book is a compilation of insight and wisdom. So I’m curious….What’s the best advice you ever got on parenting? What’s the best advice you ever got on...
Today’s guest post is from Laura Petherbridge. Laura is an international author and speaker who serves couples and single adults with topics on relationships, divorce prevention, singleness, and divorce recovery. She is the author of “When ‘I Do’ Becomes ‘I...
