We’re Two People Holding On To Love For Dear Life
Do you see what I see? I doubt it. Some time ago, when I sat with a close friend—one who’d recently been cheated on and then left by her…
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Jodie Utter
You Built Your Marriage From Nothing Once—You Can Do it Again
That our darkest moments together ended us—in that new beginning, second chance with each other kind of way—is the most awesome gift I’ve ever…
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It’s True What They Say: A Happy Wife Makes a Happy Life
The first time I tried to explain to my husband why I felt like a cruise director in our marriage rather than a wife, it didn’t sink in. He…
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Dear Husband, Fall Back in Love With Me
Husband, by now I’ve fallen in love with you a hundred times. And so it follows I’ve fallen out 99. After all these years, even though…
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The Feeling of True Love isn’t a Feeling at All
I adore his 5 o’clock shadow. Even though the salt and pepper. Who am I kidding? BECAUSE of the salt and pepper. I’m purring right now…
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It’s Your Birthday! Call Your Doctor.
Who can remember when it’s time to schedule that dreaded pap smear? Or the awkward and ouchy mammogram? The annoying teeth cleaning, the pesky…
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To the Blindsided and Betrayed: You Will Heal, One Breath at a Time
Brokenhearted one, I know you’re suffering so badly right now. I know you can’t see your way past, through, around, or over the…
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When You’re Spending Too Much Time and Money Shopping and Drinking, You Vow to Stop
I don’t usually make resolutions, but it’s been an unusual couple of years for me and my marriage. Two whack years, after which…
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Don’t Take This Personally, But Please Don’t Ever Call Me on the Phone
I sat here trying to remember when I last spent time chatting with a friend on the phone until I realized ain’t nobody got time for that. The…
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Battling the Sting of Toxic Relatives: Why Our Kids Need Us to Show Them How
In dealing with our difficult relatives, the troublemaker kind who seem to blight most family trees, my husband and I have always attempted to shield…
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