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Roaring, Growling, and Howling
Words are powerful. Once spoken, cannot be taken back. Argument is a war in which everyone loses. No minds are changed, and relationships are injur...
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Rules of Life’s Road
To accept does not mean to stop caring, but to cease trying to change someone else.
To accept is not to cut yourself off, but the realization that...
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When Marriage Needs a Mulligan*
It started out so well. From the time their paths crossed, they were drawn together with a force they did not want to resist. Dating led to engag...
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Maintaining Your Balance in Uncertain Times
Life is uncertain and hard. Yet, life at its most difficult is liberating and good. It calls us to our best and most determined self. It separat...
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If It Is Unsafe to Tell You No . . . I Cannot Tell You Yes
If it is unsafe for me to tell you “No,” what happens if I do? If it is unsafe for me to tell you “No,” and I tell you “Yes,” what does my yes mea...
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When Sex Was Good
When the relationship was new, being apart was intolerable, telephone conversations lasted hours and all thoughts concerned the next time they woul...
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The Parenting War
It is a never ending war over who has the right plan and method to parent the children. Each parent is sincerely confident that the other is wrong ...
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To Swat or Not
Have you noticed that children are born wild? They come into this world needing to be housebroken and domesticated. They are self-centered, demand...
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Why is Marriage So Difficult?
Marriage and long-term relationships are exacting. They require hard work and great effort to do well. They start out with such promise. A man and ...
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The Porn Trap
We are natural voyeurs. We never seem to tire of watching other people. Our inveterate curiosity tempts us to snoop and gossip. But nothing holds o...
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Parenting: No Simple Task
It’s conception and the takeover begins. Menses ends. Life becomes seasick and the waistline swells signaling that life will never again be the sam...
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Listen to be Heard
Words are powerful. Once spoken cannot be taken back. Argument is a war in which everyone loses. No minds are changed and relationships are inj...
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