Thanksgiving can be a great time for families to laugh, pull together, make memories, and form traditions. It can be a time of lying awake at night in excited anticipation or lying awake feeling like the ongoing reality of COVID is destroying your plans. You…
One of the few conclusions on which people agree is that 2020 has been a very challenging year. We are living in a pandemic, a highly contentious political climate, in the ugliness of racism and are still experiencing the usual hardships that accompany life. Lots…
It matters what we say and how we say it. The heart behind our words matters even more since the heart drives our words and tone. During my 40 years of marriage, I have learned to speak 10 phrases that have made a difference in…
Kid’s say the darndest things. When I was in kindergarten, my teacher put on a play for the parents. Along, with several other children, I was an egg underneath a towel awaiting my cue to get up and hatch. When the cue came, I was…
Growing up, I lived close to a small hill. As neighborhood kids, we used to sled down it in winter, roll down it in summer and whenever we wanted to test our warrior spirit, play “King of the Hill”. If you are unfamiliar with this…
A husband’s nightmare is hearing, “I’m not attracted to you”, “I am no longer in love with you” or “I am thinking about contacting an attorney.” These dreaded words can transform a fairly normal guy into a desperate husband. I have written 10 proactive alternatives…