Power can be a difficult thing to quantify in a relationship. On the surface, I think most people believe that any one partner having too...

Forgiveness is a slippery thing. Just when you think you have forgiven, the adversary brings the injustice to mind and one is once again...

Pride has always been someone else’s sin, not mine. I didn’t grow up with much excess and I didn’t have many opportunities, so I wasn’t...

My late husband was injured at work, and as a result, was home and in pain for a few years before he passed away. When his injury first...

“Oh Gene!” My grandmother would always exclaim toward my grandfather. In those two words any listener could hear the laughter, love and...

It has been said that marriages are tested by three “wolves.” The first is natural adversity. Trails and difficulties that will test the...

"Why does it matter?" is a common question in my home. I have children in elementary, jr. high, and high school, and I am frequently...

There seems to be a universal understanding that divorce stinks. It is gut wrenchingly hard for all those involved. It may provide a...