Before I set the bar of my marriage at cherishing my wife, I thought I had run into an unsolvable conundrum. It had to do with waking up Lisa. I’m a morning person, to an extreme. It’s a very …
Beauty Is a Blessing
Lisa and I were shopping in one of her stores years ago when I heard a song that stopped me in my tracks. The voice was ethereal and enchanting. I fired up Shazam and discovered I was listening to …
Raising the Bar for Our Marriages
Sheri and Chad both have naturally strong personalities that occasionally “led to much conflict in our marriage, as we each tried to figure out love, life and parenting in the last 27 years.” It got …
Hope for Imperfect Marriages
“You know, your prayers are pretty shallow. Why don’t you pray a real prayer?” The young man was reeling—was she really going to leave him because his prayers weren’t “good enough?” “Why are you …
The Second Half of Marriage
Emily is a gifted interior design artist. After the birth of her third child and her decision to homeschool her children, she decided to sell off all her design books, close the business bank account, …
One Woman's Sexual Awakening
“Over the course of my marriage, intercourse has drastically changed from something I just endured to something that frustrated the heck out of me to something I crave.” Ruth Buezis lived with …