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Does Your Family Pull Together or Fall Apart During Crisis?

One of the signs of a strong family is how the family unit reacts to stress, tension and crisis as a group. When something tough happens (a move, death, etc.) does your family come together or does everyone head off in their own directions? Of course, there is no such thing as a perfect family and we all do things differently. I have a friend who feels as though she came from an incredibly strong family and as she described it: “We hollered and yelled and said horrible things to each other but then we always apologized and came together … Continue reading →

Alzheimer’s Disease: Forgetting Your Partner

Former U.S. Supreme Court justice Sandra Day O’Connor is happy that her husband is in love with another woman. Last year, O’Connor left her seat on the U.S. Supreme Court to look after her husband John, who suffers from Alzheimer’s disease. John O’Connor has been slowly losing his memories to the disease for the last seventeen years. Although the O’Connors have been married for fifty-five years, John has started a new relationship with a patient at a care facility in Arizona. Experts say that it is not common for Alzheimer’s patients to start new relationships. People who suffer from the … Continue reading →

Are You Happy with the Level of Connection?

What do you wish was going better with your child? I think as parents we often think that our kids go through phases and we just have to take things as they come. Often life gets in the way and we start to feel like we are losing our connection with our child or that we don’t really know or understand what is going on and we just have to live with it. We don’t! If there are areas in your relationship with your child that can stand improvement, you can identify them and make efforts to bring about some … Continue reading →

A Year to Remember

I don’t know where it went, but this month I’m celebrating my year anniversary being a Marriage Blogger. Confessions Last year, then managing editor, Heather Long, sent out a notice asking us bloggers if we’d be interested in either changing categories or adding on to any existing ones. I saw Marriage was one she was looking to staff. I’d guest blogged there a couple of times. I was interested in challenging myself. I asked if in addition to Pets I could also be assigned to Marriage. I alternated between jubilation and panic when her answer was, “Yes.” Okay, my wish … Continue reading →

Q&A with Drs. Parrott, Authors of Trading Places

As I mentioned a few weeks ago, a rep at Zondervan contacted me about participating in Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott’s book blog tour. Their newest book is Trading Places: The Best Move You’ll Ever Make in Your Marriage. The opportunity to read this book was truly heaven sent. Earlier this year I set out on a mission to understand how to make the best of marriage. I definitely found answers in this book. I’ll be writing more about other information I gleaned as the year goes on, but for now I want to share with you another answer I … Continue reading →

Finding Ways to Connect Instead of Separate

Chances are, it can feel like your family is constantly heading in a dozen different directions. Once children get mobile and since most of us single parents have to work and take care of things outside the house too, it can seem like the forces of nature are working to keep us separated, not bring us together. When it comes to building a family (and that is how I think of it instead of just “having” a family), we have to put extra focus into ways to minimize the separation and maximize the connections. Connection does not have to mean … Continue reading →

Having a Non-Cuddly Baby

For most mothers, coming home with a newborn baby is the greatest joy in life. The time spent rocking the baby, feeding the baby, and providing lots of cuddling is an experience that cannot be described. However, sometimes, a mother will arrive home only to find her little one has zero interest in cuddling. In fact, some babies almost seem to resent being handled. As you can imagine, for the new single mother, this is devastating, a real let down. Typically, you would notice a non-cuddly baby start to squirm while being held, not wanting to melt into the curves … Continue reading →