Why Some of Us Feel Let Down on Valentine's Day Valentine's day, it's the ultimate love holiday. So why is it that so many of us feel emptiness and longing even though we may be getting our kissable lips ready to receive candy hearts and chocolates? It could be because we are all expecting to feel great on this day. On a day dedicated to loving your partner, aren't we supposed to feel loved … [Read more...]
7 Tips for Handling Stress in your Marriage
Why are our spouses such an easy target when we're under stress? It usually just makes our situations even worse. 7 Tips for Handling Stress in your Marriage Even if you're just reacting to stress and don't really mean them, insults and derogatory remarks hurled at your spouse will undermine your relationship often to a devastating conclusion, if left unchecked. Don't let your marriage … [Read more...]
5 reasons why a good relationship is like a reliable car
Today is a bittersweet day we are bidding adieu to a trusty, practical friend who has been there, alongside my husband and I as we've journeyed on the better part of our 21 years of mostly wedded bliss. It's my husband's Flip Phone that he's been NOT ANSWERING well, for 15 years. Her departure inspired me to write this blog post 5 reasons why a good relationship is like a reliable … [Read more...]
We Danced Like No One Was Watching and Took a Leap of Faith: This Marriage has Provided us Both With the Confidence to Believe in Ourselves and Each Other
We Danced Like No One Was Watching I met my husband when I was 22 years old. Looking back now as a 47-year-old-married-22-years-wife-and-a-mother-to-two-kids-woman it is hard to remember who that girl was, and what she was thinking dating a man who was 15 years her senior. Of course at the time, while I had been in relationships prior to meeting this man who would become my husband, I never … [Read more...]
On why my husband HATES the Bachelor
My husband ABHORS any type of reality show and being the COMPLETE POLAR opposites that we are, of course I am GAGA for them. I pour over their every detail, I get emotionally invested in their unreality and I speculate about their off camera lives. It's true I live for these shows. My husband, not so much. So this week I try to unmask his complete disdain for the newest Bachelor Colton and his … [Read more...]
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