In my last Normal Marriage post, I talked about the fishy smell that occurs in marriage when you run away from something you know you need to do. In that post, we talked about how to avoid that fishy smell. But what if you didn’t get the post in time and your marriage already smells […]
Read MoreHave you ever wished you could change your marriage? Maybe you were at odds with your spouse or maybe your marriage had just become mundane and predictable. Whatever it was, you didn’t like the way things were and you wished you could change things. In a TED Talk entitled “The 3 A’s of Awesome,” Neil […]
Read MoreOk, confession time. When I was a teenager, I got stuck parking. I’m not talking about parking your car in a parking spot at Walmart. I’m talking about getting stuck on some deserted back road because I wanted to “spend some time” with a girl. I will avoid the details to spare myself the painful […]
Read MoreIf you’ve ever been disappointed, you know how easy it is for disappointment to derail you. I see this with my grandchildren. They always have a list of things they want: “I want to go outside and play.” “I want to go out to eat pizza.” “I want to rent a movie.” “I want a […]
Read MoreWe’ve all had our share of bad photos. Think back to your fashion-questionable high school days, or those family portraits that looked more like the Adams Family than a happy family. It’s safe to say we all have pictures we would like to delete from the archives. The other day, I came across The […]
Read MoreComputer viruses are maddening. When a virus gets into your computer, it changes the way your computer operates. All of a sudden the computer doesn’t work as smoothly as it use to. It gets sluggish, acts erratically and sometimes just shuts down. Marriages, like computers, are susceptible to viruses that can effect the health and […]
Read MoreI’m a Star Wars husband married to a Lifetime movie wife. This weekend, TNT ran a back-to-back Star Wars marathon. I was ecstatic. My wife…not so much. When I got married, I didn’t realize our marriage would suffer from MDD…Movie Disagreement Disorder. It’s a very common disorder, found in most marriages. Some of the symptoms of […]
Read MoreA few weeks ago, I had a fender bender coming home from work. It was a very minor fender bender. No one was hurt. There was only a small amount of damage to my car and no damage to the other car. We didn’t even have to call the police. I was glad that the […]
Read MoreThe other day, I was cleaning out some files and came across a poem, written by a divorced mom on behalf of her two children. The poem had no title, so I’ve given it the title: “My Daddy Doesn’t Live Here.” It’s heartbreaking to read, but it’s a good reminder of how divorce affects kids.
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