An Optimistic View

All the experiences that we've had are a rich storehouse of memories. We learned from the difficult times, and we learned from the times of laughter as ...

Love Begins with Service

Some marriages were motivated by mere lust, but mere lust is felt even by fleas and lice. Love begins when we wish to serve others.

The Separate World of Father and Son

Sometimes I feel left out of the world my husband, Dan, shares with our son. They share experiences I would never think of offering Danny. Like the time ...

The Second-Greatest Gift

To have peace and love in a marriage is a gift that is next to the knowledge of the gospel.

The Two Sides of Marriage

By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you'll become happy. If you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.

The Couple That Prays Together

Praying with their wives is one of the last things some men do. Why? Perhaps it's because prayer places them in a position of dependence upon God and ...

The Wetting

I was embarrassed when I, the groom, cried at my own wedding. I was doubly mortified when our flower girl, my 7-year-old sister, drew a picture of the ...

Love Never Changes

Your face I love, but should it change

by wrinkles, scars, disease,

Love would not change, for I love you,

not just what my eye sees.

And so, though time's ...

Close to Invincible

Trust (in marriage) is freedom, the freedom to be our truest selves. But is that all it is? I've also learned that trust is the deep, ever-present ...

Showing Your Fall Colors

Fall knows winter's coming, yet still gives its showy display, still makes its flamboyant exit. I hold this image for my marriage. ... I can identify ...