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“Is this really all there is,” she said to me as she evalutated her marriage.  “The spark is gone,” another person added. So often couples glance over at their spouse, and wonder where the fun, excitement, anticipation…the list goes on… went in their marriage. When...

As the sun shines brightly in my window today, my mind takes me back to the first Good Friday. I sit reading the crucifixion story in my Bible, and I can’t help but feel anger and gratitude simultaneously. Although neither of those words quite touch...

“If you turn left here, we will get there more quickly.”  “No, I drive this all the time, this way is quicker.” “I just drove this yesterday, and it is quicker if you turn left.”  Voice inflections change. Eyes roll. The mood of the trip...

As I exited the middle school locker room, I heard the teacher holler out the words I hated most during gym class. “Everyone line up on the sideline. We are going to pick teams for….insert kickball, dodgeball, softball, or about any other sport.” My shy...

Are you a fixer or a listener? The scenario looks something like this: Spouse A: “Honey, I just had a horrible day. You wouldn’t believe what happened at work! And then I came home to the kids having problems…” The conversation continues with Spouse A...

The flirting started in the basement of our friend’s house when Todd and I were seniors in high school. We enjoy arguing about who initiated said flirting. The story was that the initiator took a shoe from the foot of the other and threw it...