When I was 15 years old my parents divorced. It was a devastating time in my life and in the life of my family and still affects us even today. While the divorce and the story before and after is a story well-saved for another time, there are three lessons on marriage I learned from…
This past Sunday, my church had a special guest speaker come to talk at our marriage conference. He preached several messages that day and even did a question and answer session, but the notes from his “divorce-proofing” message were my favorite. As someone who comes from a divorced home, I love these very vital tips….
Special needs parenting is HARD. Trying to keep your marriage alive while parenting special needs kids can be even harder. It’s a well-known fact in the special needs community that divorce is higher among special needs families. I don’t think this happens on purpose, but more because of how stressful it is to parents a special…
The past several weeks have been a whirlwind. Most parts have hardly felt real. I have felt the need to write, and yet I have been too exhausted and too anxious to actually do it. But today, today all I can think about is writing down what I’m thinking. The real. The raw. All of…
It has been seven and half years since my husband and I were married. Boy, time flies by fast! Lately, I have been thinking back to all the marriage advice I was given either at my bridal shower or before our wedding. It seemed as though everyone has their own advice and their own way…
Effective communication is critical to the success of every marriage. Furthermore, a married couple who knows how to communicate effectively with one another, reduces their chance of getting divorced. In my experience, we all need to know our WHY for doing something before we even attempt to do it to the best of our ability….
I’ve been trying to think about what to write about for our 7th wedding anniversary which was last week (December 23rd). Seven years of marriage is quite the milestone – especially when divorce is so prevalent in many families. When you look at the fact that almost 80% of parents with a special needs child get divorced (we…
Yesterday, as I was at the hospital with daughter during her 9th hospital stay. I was scrolling through my Facebook newsfeed while she was resting in my lap. Over and over I started seeing news about the picture below and the headline, “GOD ISN’T FIXING THIS.” I was angry at first, but then I grieved….
This post is a guest post submitted by an anonymous guest poster… Raising children is not easy. Truthfully, it is not supposed to be easy. Being an effective and nurturing parent takes dedication, trial and error, and a lot of patience. This holds ever truer for parents who have a difficult child. When it comes to…
When it comes to expressing your emotions, it may be difficult to determine who to turn to. Typically this would be a spouse if you have one. However, what if the emotions stem from your marriage? If the issues are materializing because of your marriage it can be even more difficult to figure out who…
When you hear the words, “marriage counseling” what comes to mind? Do you have positive or negative thoughts about it? When you hear the words, “marriage counseling” what comes to mind? Click To Tweet I polled some of my friends on Facebook to see what others thought about these two words. Some had negative thoughts about…
