Jean Lim Flores, author, wife, and blessed mother to a sweet girl, writes, “At the start of this new school year, what could be better than equipping my daughter with the same tools that the Apostle Paul preached to encourage character building and fruitfulness in spirit as she encounters challenging relationships or circumstances at school,…
Moving In Together: How to Combine Finances and Responsibilities You’re staring at the stack of bills on your kitchen counter—half yours, half theirs—and wondering how couples actually make this whole “shared life” thing work. Sound familiar? If you’re reading this, chances are you’ve recently discovered that combining two financial lives is more complex than anyone…
You’re curled up on the couch you picked out together, but somehow it doesn’t feel quite like yours anymore. Your favorite reading corner has become the place where their gym bag lives, and you can’t remember the last time you spent a Saturday morning alone with your coffee and thoughts. Sound familiar? If you’re reading…
Buying a house is exciting! Securing a place to call home and raise your family on your terms is a huge blessing. However, this blessing comes with a boatload of responsibilities. Deep cleaning, repairs, lawn maintenance, and gardening, among other responsibilities, are inevitable. They must be done regularly for the home to function at optimum. Glossing over home…
Why Do Couples Divorce? Soft vs. Hard Reasons There are several commonly reported contributors to divorce. Research reported in the Journal of Divorce and Remarriage distinguishes between “soft” reasons – not being able to talk to each other, high levels of conflict and arguing, feeling lonely within the relationship – and ‘“hard” reasons such as…
You know that moment when the butterflies in your stomach start to fade, and suddenly you’re wondering where all that initial magic went? Maybe you’re sitting across from your partner at dinner, and instead of hanging on their every word, you’re noticing how they chew. Sound familiar? The honeymoon phase has become a widely accepted…
No spotlight. No stage. Just faithful grandparents interceding in silence changing lives in ways no one sees until everything shifts.
You’ve been together for a while now, and it feels right. Really right. The sleepovers have become more frequent, you’ve got a drawer at their place, and you find yourself daydreaming about Sunday mornings together without the rush to get home. The question keeps surfacing in those quiet moments: Should we move in together? It’s…
It doesn’t take much time or effort to see that our culture is pessimistic about marriage. A happy marriage seems more like a fairy tale that Pollyanna dreamed up fifty years ago. Many of today’s wives are complaining left and right about their husbands’ many shortcomings. So why should a wife make her husband happy…
That overwhelming exhaustion you feel at 2 AM when your baby won’t stop crying? The way you and your partner snap at each other over whose turn it is to change diapers? This is normal when you become new parents. Drs. John and Julie Gottman’s research shows that relationships face significant challenges when children enter…