If we want a healthy marriage, if we want a marriage that is marked by cherishing, we have to think about what we think about. Many of us often let our thoughts run wild. Instead of governing our …
Cherishing Lisa Awake
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 …
A Lifelong Journey Toward a Cherishing Marriage
If you’ve read Cherish, you may remember the story of Laura and Curt. As a five-year-old girl, Laura stood on the sidewalk wearing a “fancy dress” she had picked out to welcome her daddy home from …
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Love Like You Mean It
I state clearly in Cherish that love and cherishing don’t compete; they complement each other. Growing in our understanding of what love is and how to love each other will strengthen our ability 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 …