Dear Jill, Have you read anything good lately or have you been too busy writing and speaking? Robin Dear Robin, I have still been reading! It seems that I always have a book or two or three going! I just finished Karen Kingsbury’s book, The Chance. I...
When Mark and I are affectionate in front of the kids, the older ones will yell, “Get a room!” If they only knew how often we really do! (Oops…some of my older kids read my blog…I guess they know now!) It was several years ago that I heard a...
Starting today, I’ll be offering a new feature on my weekly blog. Each Wednesday will be Q&A Day. I spend a good portion of my time each week answering questions that moms ask over social media about marriage, parenting, living with less, faith, and more....
Recently Mark and I discovered a marriage app for our smartphones called Pair (I just looked it up in the iTunes store and I believe they’ve renamed it to Couple now.) We’ve been using it to communicate with each other throughout the day. You can draw...
One thing that Mark and I have been working on over the last year is learning to ask for comfort and give comfort to one another. What we’re finding is that this increases vulnerability and deepens emotional intimacy. Before we understood the importance of...
Today’s guest post is from Pam Farrel. Pam and her husband, Bill, are international speakers and bestselling authors of over 35 books including Men Are Like Waffles, Women Are Like Spaghetti. Pam is a special friend of mine…we bonded as we co-wrote the...
Mark and I recently saw a friend we hadn’t seen for a long time. We asked how he and his wife were doing. He said, “We’re learning to flirt well and flirt often.” I loved his answer! This is a couple that’s been married about 30 years!...
Today is the Hearts at Home Third Thursday Blog Hop where you get the opportunity to hop around on other mom’s blogs to interact with them and their honest message about the topic. Because today’s topic is No More Perfect Marriages, I thought I’d...
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...
