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Where does a couple turn to when they need encouragement for seasons of infertility? When my husband and I decided we were ready to grow our family, I never expected to walk through infertility or pregnancy loss. Like many wives, I expected getting pregnant to be relatively easy, and I was completely blindsided when it…
What does it mean to declutter your marriage for a joyful Christmas season? It’s that time of the year when we deep-clean our homes in preparation for the holidays and visitors. Because nobody want’s a repeat of last year when little Joey dragged the findings of his scavenger hunt (i.e his ten minutes disappearance under…
A few years ago, I wrote a post titled 10 Things Every Bride Should Know Before Her Wedding Night (which later turned into a book!) Then I heard from men who wished they had a similar list. This post has been long in coming, but today you are going to walk away with practical wedding…
Persevering in marriage is hard because we get married “for the better” not the worse. Most people don’t get married thinking, “I can’t wait to “hang in there” with this person” or “I can’t wait for that time when we’ll struggle with communication and spend hours in therapy and cry buckets of tears.” Many people…
When a wife is older than her husband, outsiders can look at their relationship with suspicion and doubt. I recently received a question from a reader, who wanted to know how to navigate age-difference in a relationship, primarily where the woman is older than the man. People largely tend to get attracted (and eventually marry)…
What is the worst thing that can happen on your wedding night? And what’s the best thing? If you are like me, you swung (or are swinging) from both extremes: Hoping your wedding night will be one of the best nights of your life but sometimes fighting worst-case scenarios. I was tired and sick on…