Recovery. It’s a term we use when we set out to retrieve something gone missing, hoping to find it. It’s a term we employ following loss or illness, hoping to regain ourselves, battling back – or through – physical and emotional turmoil. We speak of recovery when talking about relationships – the process of […]
Next Logical Steps
Must all dating lead to marriage? Expectations that post-divorce dating leads to remarriage.
The Significance of a Ring
Marital status, marital symbols, and ripple effects we sometimes ignore.
Oldest Newlyweds Offer Life Lessons
What might we learn from a 98-year old groom and his 95-year old bride?
How Old is Too Old?
Are we ever too old to start over?
Does Your Marital Status Define You?
The cultural hierarchy of marital status. Judging accordingly. We all do it.
Will Marital Meltdowns Shorten Lifespan?
I wish I’d seen this report last week, when I was writing about heartbreak. There’s not a great deal of scientific data mentioned, but it does offer some indications that marital demise may shorten your lifespan. Specifically, this article positions divorce as being as likely to kill you as smoking. And the reasons cited – […]
First Holiday With Blended Families?
The holidays are here! Are you in a new relationship? Are you mixing your children with your partner’s children for the first time in a large gathering, and possibly parents and siblings as well? For new couples, the first occasion to spend the holidays together is an opportunity to create memories – special moments of […]
The Indefinite Engagement
“What do you think?” She holds her hand out to me, each of her long fingers extended, and the fourth lifted upward, slightly. She is in her late twenties, possibly thirty. Her gray eyes sparkle and she possesses a quality that is refreshing and understated in comparison to her co-workers. She is certainly a pleasant […]
Which is Worse – Death or Divorce?
On grieving a lost spouse, a lost marriage, and lost dreams.