What if My Husband Won’t Plan Date Nights?
I received this question from one of my readers several months ago. I replied privately at the time, but with Valentine’s Day just around the corner (and all the attendant…
Marriage
The Choice is Yours
Jane Austen once wrote, “Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.” But that doesn’t ring quite true. Experience has proven time and again that chance has much less…
7 Smart Reasons to Save Sex for Marriage
Earlier this week, I published an essay written by my daughter concerning her commitment to save sex for marriage. Choosing to walk a path that others have long since abandoned…
Is Virginity Really Worth Saving?
When you’re sweet-16-and-never-been-kissed, people write songs about it. But when that status hasn’t changed by your mid-twenties, people begin to look a little askance at you. That isn’t the way…
The A-to-Z Guide to Building a Better Marriage
If you’ve been married for any length of time, you have undoubtedly realized that some habits help your relationship and others hurt it. Our goal should be to practice doing…
The State of a Union
When my husband and I built our house ten years ago, we planted two ginkgo trees on either side of our front yard. The trees looked identical the day we…