On Thanksgiving Day, it’s good to look at the role gratitude plays in marriage. Many marriages are unhappy, not because of big things like abuse or affairs, but because of a little thing like a lack of gratitude. Around 2008, Neil Pasricha was having a difficult time in life. His marriage was failing, his […]
One day, I was out walking and noticed a man with a metal detector methodically covering a patch of ground. Slowly and diligently, he combed first one patch of ground and then another, occasionally stooping to dig up a coin or small trinket. After an hour, he finally packed up his gear and left. […]
In my last post, Why So Serious, I talked about taking part in a funeral for a lady in our church. She had lived to be ninety-three and was married to the same man for seventy-two years. A mere two weeks after her funeral, we were holding another funeral for her ninety-four year old husband, who died […]
I recently took part in a funeral for a lady in our church who died at the age of ninety-three. Living to the age of ninety-three is remarkable in and of itself, but what was even more remarkable was that she and her husband (who is ninety-four years old) had been married for seventy-two years! […]
Wife: “Don’t forget we’re going to my parents this weekend to help them with that project.” Husband: “What project?” Wife: “Remember, they’re redoing their living room, and we have to help them move all the furniture and repaint.” Husband: “You didn’t tell me we were doing that this weekend!” Wife: “Yes I did. I […]
Glory days are defined as “times in the past that are regarded as being better than the present.” Glory days can be that winning pass of the high school championship, that time we were big on campus and had the hot date, or that carefree summer we spent at the beach with friends. Whatever they may […]
I often tell people that marriage can be like a bull ride. Here’s what I mean by that… In the beginning, when the bull rider gets on the bull, they look good, feel confident, and are surrounded by a lot of supporters. Those supporters speak words of encouragement, slap them on the back, and tell them, […]