Preparing For Your Actual Date of Divorce
After possibly years of reflecting, discussing, evaluating circumstances, planning the best time for your divorce, as well as dedicating time and energy to …
Unconditional Love
I moved away from home at 19! Actually, they moved away from me. Have 8 younger siblings and after my first year of college, my family moved half way across …
Love is Never a One-sided Affair
Love presents a challenge to me personally, having found a man who ticks most of the boxes on my “love list”. He is the perfect gentleman, intelligent, …
Deeply Know Loving
There are many faces to “love.” However, we rarely speak of the kind of love that actually defines the person. How can we recognize that kind of love …
Holidays Are Not Supposed To Hurt
Have you ever heard the phrase, “love is not supposed to hurt”? Organizations which help people recognize whether a relationship is doing them more harm …
Giving Thanks for Our Honored Elders
What is the single most important thing you can do to live a long, healthy life? You might think it has something to do with exercise, or eating right, or …
Deepening the Relationship with Our Adult Children
A Year of Movies with My Older Son Parents, educators, and counselors are always looking for ways to help children and teens open up and have meaningful …
Be a Friend to the One You Love
“When you love someone, you do not love them all the time, in exactly the same way, from moment to moment. It is an impossibility. It is even a lie to …
Our Human Family
As families, friends and colleagues gather to celebrate the holiday season and each other, I can’t help but think that each grouping, no matter where they …
Back To School, A Lesson About Healthy Relationships
In the first days of a new school year when I was teaching, I would ask each class of students to contribute its wisdom in helping compile a list on the board. …