We all have toxic people in our lives. Sometimes they are US. One morning last week in the communication class I teach at a local college, we were covering relationship-damaging behaviors, and what indicates a potentially toxic future relationship. I saw an act of bravery that gave me a moment of pause. One of my …
Tag: love my wife
Without this, your marriage won’t change. I experienced the benefits of what I’m about to say over the weekend. Bear with me for a moment as I share with you what happened, and the small but BIG benefit that comes! The garden Tears began to fill my eyes as I walked my husband around my …
If you are married or parenting, you may be interested in knowing the 7 Pillars of Mutual Respect. You may have noticed I’ve been a little sporadic in blogging of late. I’m really sorry about that… and I really appreciate the emails and pm’s of encouragement. I have a number of life circumstances that have …
Can I humbly ask for prayer?
I’m humbly asking for prayer… It’s not often that I highjack my blog with a prayer request. I think the last time you saw me do this was when my husband had open heart surgery three years ago. And I don’t want to communicate fear at all. I just want to rally the troops because …
I Got This…
I don’t need help A while back, the forecast threatened frost and I wanted to protect my beautiful, yet heavy, potted lemon tree. Walking to the driveway to pull the cumbersome planter back into my garage, I realized it might be difficult to manage. I considered asking my son for help, but didn’t want to add another burden to the long list of …
One Way We Cause Defensiveness in Others…
While there’s more than one way we cause defensiveness in others, today we’re going to start with the most common one. This is our next stop on the RESPECT-101 journey. It coincides nicely with last week’s post on 3 Ways to Mess up Your Marriage, where we learned how: The need to win Disrespect for self …
Why your marriage is a mess… and what to do about it #1
Why your marriage is a mess… and what to do about it #1 There’s probably a bazillion reasons why your marriage is a mess, but we’re going to start this week with a LONG and small segmented series on respect – one that will deepen our relationship with God, ourselves, and others to help you …
You Won’t Believe What God Did This Morning…
Last night, I went to the drive way and proceeded to pull my lemon tree back into the house. I forgot about the lip on the garage floor. So I had a whole conversation with myself (ever do that? 🙂 ) I thought, “I’ve done this before, I can probably lift it… but my hands …
All Men Want is Sex… ??
About once a week, I hear from a man regarding something I’ve written. The latest submission explained very clearly one man’s thoughts about what men want. What do you think? Here’s what he said: I read your 101 things to do for your Husband. Nicely written – but purely from a woman’s perspective. Men don’t …
Want To Change Your Husband…??
Want to change your husband? As in, put an end to the pain-style change him? Check out what this woman did… She’s referring to this post, btw… I’ve been at this Respect Dare since last December. At times I’ve been greatly disappointed in myself-relapsing into old patterns of complaint and begging. However, there have been …