I think I just got a signal that I have to work on my approach to people during my book deadlines. You see, I’m in the middle of a deadline on a co-authored book that I’m writing with Craig Gross, founder of xxxchurch.com, and I’m WAY behind due to successfully having lots of “mom…
Tip #23: Get in Over Your Head Man, our culture doesn’t always make it easy to stay married, does it? One of the most bogus messages we hear about marriage is that husbands and wives should keep a little piece of themselves private. You know, like feelings you keep from your mate but share with some…
Exciting changes at Patheos! For those of you who aren’t familiar with it, Patheos is a huge site for discussions about and within communities of people of all faiths and beliefs. I am an advice columnist for their Family Channel, and just hit the six-month mark of doing it! I have been excited by the vision of the folks who run the Family Channel…
Tip #22: Women, see going out and doing things together as romantic Ladies, when you envision romance, what comes to mind? I’m guessing candlelight dinners… maybe a horse-drawn carriage ride… a picnic on the beach at sunset… Since we were little girls, those sort of picturesque dates have seemed wonderfully romantic to us. We care…
Dear Shaunti, My husband seems to miss the point of giving me “down time.” When I get out of the house for a few hours, and he is with our five-year-old twins, I always come home to a mess! It is not like the house is trashed, but he and the kids are having such…
What a SWEET older couple was boarding the plane in front of me today! Married 56 years, moving a bit carefully as they boarded, but the husband put his arm around his wife and held her as they walked all the way down the jetway. Private smiles and loving looks and whispers ‘are you doing…
