September 16, 2015 Marriage and Divorce
The affects of adultery are devastating in so many ways. A simple indiscretion can resemble a piece of glass that has been shattered with so many little cracks and fractures trailing away in all directions. It also has comparisons to…
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September 8, 2015 Marriage and Divorce
Pardon me while I scream the answer to this question. YES! Sorry, just had to get that out of my system. Can we really be having this discussion? What in the name of good sense are we trying to do…
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July 22, 2015 Friends and Peers
I think the desire to have a great circle of friends is something universal to us all. The human experience is filled with a multitude of events made to be shared with others we value as friends. Either the good…
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June 22, 2015 Marriage and Divorce
This is a question not easily answered unless you dismiss all the evidence and just make your response hinge on the fact that the father is 50% responsible for the child being born. Fathers have that much responsibility for shaping…
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June 13, 2015 Marriage and Divorce
You are married, so there is endless ways to say I Love You to your wife. The limits are only in your imagination. Some methods are straightforward, such as flowers, candy or other gifts. More opportunities lie in subtle acts…
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I believe truth to be a fleeting element in our world today. Through decades and generations of mutation, truth is significantly different today that it was in our forefather’s experience. Telling the truth is not valued as much in today’s…
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People are people, meaning parents will have moments when there patience is depleted, whether the cause is their job, schedule, children, spouse or an amalgamation of the collection. When this happens, some of us need to vent, or let off…
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Over a period of years the things we once revere as hard standards can be loosened due to society’s evolutionary pressures. The idea that “marriage” is possible with any arrangement other than a man and woman mocks the very institution…
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Time is a common resource we all share. For every person in this world there is only 168 hours in every week. That equates to a bit more than ten thousand minutes per week in which to accomplish everything we…
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February 20, 2015 Marriage and Divorce
When you get married there is a period of adjustment in many ways. Firstly, you learn to share a bed with another person. Not to mention everything else, such as time, space and the day to day routines of running…
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February 8, 2015 Relationships and Family - Other
There is a physiological reaction any time one member of the opposite sex looks at another. Depending on your perception of the other person, you may be attracted by one or more qualities of the other. Men are more visually…
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February 3, 2015 Marriage and Divorce
I am blessed to have a spouse who understands what big deal money can be in a marriage. She also benefits from a personal experience of living in a home during her formative years in which money was not plentiful….
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January 16, 2015 Marriage and Divorce
There is a common saying everyone knows and many of us use with great frequency: It takes two to Tango! Well it also takes two to have a marriage. In the traditional sense this is a man and a woman….
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January 16, 2015 Marriage and Divorce
I find it interesting that virtually every couple that takes the magical “walk down the aisle” together will choose to recite some version of the traditional vows for marriage. My wife and I selected the usual “until death do you…
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October 1, 2014 Marriage and Divorce
There are vital components to marriage that will translate to the foundations of a long lasting marriage. These include trust, respect, love, caring for the other’s feelings, sharing responsibilities for the home and children, fidelity, the desire to work every…
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September 4, 2014 Communication
If you will be honest about your conception of marriage from the front side, you must admit that most of the excitement centers on the physical aspect. For many of us, there was a spiritual reverence that limited the amount…
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May 2, 2014 Style and Beauty - Other
To me this question has an amazingly simple answer. Look around at people you have known for at least two decades. I mean the ones that when you first saw then you though wow! Do they still look this way?…
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