Family
The First Day
It’s Monday morning, I’m walking in our neighborhood, and it’s the first day of school. School buses are crisscrossing the neighborhood like bees swarming a hive. Parents and children are gathered … Read more
How to Put Your Kids and Your Marriage in Their Proper Place
When I stepped into the waiting room, I noticed that Bryan and Christine (not their real names) were sitting in separate chairs and weren’t talking. As they took separate seats … Read more
Lessons From Living in a Shack
In twenty years of marriage counseling, I’ve seen couples put more and more emphasis on their house. I’ve seen engaged couples believe they couldn’t get married until they had purchased … Read more
Rearranged
Strong marriages and families practice flexibility. Whether it’s with the introduction of the first child or the first grandchild, there’s a willingness to go with the flow and let life get rearranged. … Read more
Playing With Blocks
When’s the last time you played with blocks? I’m talking about the old fashion, basic shapes, pre-Lego, low tech, wooden blocks. I was at my granddaughter’s house the other day, … Read more
The Way It Used To Be
These are days of rapid and amazing change. Drones in the skies. Microcomputers in our pockets. The private sector in space. Social media in revolutions. There are brand new ways of looking at and … Read more
How to Better Live With Your In-Law – The Bottom Line
Have you ever been listening to someone talk about something and thought to yourself, “Come on! Just get to the point! What’s the bottom line?!” Well, for the last 3 posts … Read more
How to Better Live with Your In-Laws – 5 Steps
In the last post, we talked about the tug-of-war that comes with learning to live with your in-laws. In this post, we’ll look at 5 steps to improve your relationship with your … Read more
How to Better Live With Your In-Laws: Tug-of-War
In the last post, we began looking at how to better live with your in-laws. When you get married, in-laws are part of the package. There can can be some really good … Read more
How to Better Live With Your In-Laws
“Meet the Parents” is a movie that looks at learning to accept and be accepted by future in-laws. The movie is funny at times, awkward at times and down right … Read more