Marriage

21 Nov A Year of Living (Sort of) Dangerously!

Posted at 16:55h in *Adventure, *Children/Kids, *Family, Anxiety, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Courtship, Dating, Marriage, Panic

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"Living Danishly" got me thinking I recently finished a good read, A Year of Living Danishly by Helen Russell. The title is a play on the title of the 1982 adventure-romance film A Year of Living Dangerously. Having lived for a time in Denmark I was excited...

10 Jun The Problem with Having a Hot Wife

Posted at 15:48h in Marriage

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Marriage is fraught with difficulties, requiring adjustments on both parts that can take careful planning and accommodation. Much of my work is helping good people to not become overwhelmed with discouragement when they learn to work within some of their inherent incompatibilities. Ruth and I had...

10 Mar Great Dates for Empty Nesters

Posted at 15:45h in Dating, Marriage

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It can be very difficult to step back and support adult children in leaving the nest to become independent and to begin creating their own families. It is particularly difficult if one is not deeply connected with, and attached to, one’s own marriage partner. After...

02 Mar How to Build a Picket Fence

Posted at 17:47h in Children/Kids, Family, Marriage, Parenting

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I am embarrassed to say that this week’s column almost didn’t make it. Brian, my good friend and partner in crime building electric guitars, invited me to work in his shop during the time I usually write the column, and I go so excited I...

24 Feb Good Fences Make Good…Family

Posted at 20:24h in Children/Kids, Family, Marriage, Parenting, Uncategorized

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“Good fences make good neighbors.” I was a teenager and had no idea what Dad was talking about, so he explained: There are plenty of opportunities for neighbors, even very good people, to get into conflict with one another. Well-built, well-maintained fences help to reduce many of...

17 Feb Passings, Passages and the Empty Nest

Posted at 19:06h in Children/Kids, Emotions, Family, Marriage, Parenting, Pets, Uncategorized

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This past weekend was a rather emotional one. Valentine’s Day was the 30th anniversary of our engagement to be married. The following day two beloved members of our household passed away. Over 18 years ago I returned from work to find a long-haired, black and white...

11 Feb How Do I Love Thee?

Posted at 19:18h in Courtship, Dating, Emotions, Marriage

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Several years ago I was surprised in an interview with a church leader when he asked me, “How do you love your wife?” I am embarrassed to say that my mind immediately reached for Sonnet 43 by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. You know the poem: “How do...

27 Jan Marriage Lessons from An Unlikely Source

Posted at 18:57h in Courtship, Engagement, Family, Marriage, Uncategorized

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It has often been said that a wise man learns from his mistakes. It could be stated that a really wise man learns from the mistakes—and successes—of others. Cohabitation (couples living together without being married) is on the rise. According to one recent study about one-half...

15 Jul Life in the Blender

Posted at 01:00h in Anxiety, Emotions, Family, Marriage, Parenting, Uncategorized

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One-third of Utah marriages include children from a former marriage or relationship, according to a recent report. That means that one-third of that state’s new families are “blended families”. While I don’t know the statistics for our own state and area I dare say it...

01 Jul High-Fidelity Marriage

Posted at 00:31h in Courtship, Family, Marriage

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Over the weekend I dropped of a stereo system—turn-table, tuner-receiver, and speakers—at Deseret Industries for a friend. As we unloaded it from the back of the truck one employee said to the other, “Wow, check out the ‘hi-fi’!” It had been years since I had heard...