November 30, 2013 Marriage and Divorce
Sharing a life, with all of your dreams and goals, with another person, can be difficult, even if you love that person with all of your heart. There are some things that you, the newly married couple, can do to…
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November 29, 2013 Marriage and Divorce
As a married woman, I can speak from experience to answer the question: Do women view sex differently after they are married? The answer is a definitive and resounding “yes”! This is proven by the fact that although my husband…
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November 28, 2013 Marriage and Divorce
Marriage Is always a work in progress and for those who are in a marriage to an addict of any sort, it is an incredible amount of work which often leads to very little in the way of progress. Alcoholism…
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Sometimes it seems that there have never been two creations that are as extremely different as men and women. This is a part of what attracts us to one another and it can also be a part of what confuses…
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November 26, 2013 Crisis Support
For school personnel, who have a heart for helping children and a responsibility to report signs of abuse, it is essential to learn how to recognize the signs that a student may be at-risk for being hurt. It is a…
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November 26, 2013 Crisis Support
People who find themselves in abusive relationships will suffer some awful consequences, not the least of which will be a low self-esteem. It is entirely possible that they started out that way, long before this relationship, and the problem will…
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November 25, 2013 Crisis Support
Living with a person who deals with depression is challenging and it can also be heartbreaking. You love and care about your spouse, wishing that the depression would lift so that they could enjoy the vibrancy and joy of life,…
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November 25, 2013 Crisis Support
Having a drug addict in the family is one of the most heart-wrenching and troubling things that a person or people can go through. You love them, because you remember them. You see more when you look at them than…
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November 24, 2013 Crisis Support
If you asked this question of my husband, my children, or I, this question is a no-brainer. You see, my husband was adopted. I am forever grateful to the mother he has never met for her courage and strength in…
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November 20, 2013 Crisis Support
Child abusers, unfortunately, do not wear signs proclaiming that they are not only capable, but highly likely, to hurt children. If they did, the children of the world would be just a bit safer. As much as people would like…
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Girls do not “need” guys with flaws so that they can fix them, however, it seems that there are many who are looking for exactly that. I don’t mean to imply that there are any guys who have no flaws…
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One of the most wonderful things in a relationship is when two people meet who are totally comfortable with one another. Theirs will be an easier relationship to develop and to maintain, as the two will have the energy to…
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November 17, 2013 Communication
If you spend a good portion of your time home alone, or even have those occasional stretches of time that you find yourself flying solo, you may spend some of your time wondering what you should do. Being home alone…
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November 17, 2013 Communication
Coping with loneliness as an adult can be somewhat difficult, but it is something that many people do deal with, at least from time to time. Some people tend to get lonely easier than others and will find that this…
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November 16, 2013 Communication
Everybody has arguments, from the nicest person in the world to the very most unkind. It doesn’t make one a bad person to have a disagreement with another, but an argument doesn’t have to (nor should it) turn into a…
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November 10, 2013 Marriage and Divorce
Being married to a volunteer firefighter is more than a relationship, it is a lifestyle. It is not the same sort of lifestyle that other couples will share with one another, but it is not necessarily one that is any…
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November 8, 2013 Crisis Support
Child abuse victims, both during the abuse as well as for a lifetime afterwards, are bearing wounds and scars that the rest of society may have great difficulty understanding. This can make it very hard to develop healthy relationships with…
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October 26, 2013 Marriage and Divorce
Marriage, an institution that is meant to be a lifelong covenant between two people, has become something that is far less than that in the majority of cases. There are so many marriages that will come to an end without…
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October 25, 2013 Marriage and Divorce
Most of us spend so much time waiting to hit our “golden years” with our husband or wife that when it finally comes, we are almost shocked by it. We may have known that it was on its way, but…
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So, your son has met the woman of his dreams and whether she’s the one that you had in mind or not, she is about to become, or already is, a part of your family. This can be hard for…
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One of the greatest ways to develop your relationship with your husband is to develop a good relationship with his mother. Husbands appreciate that more than women often understand. It relieves them of all the stress of feeling caught between…
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The teen years can be challenging to even the most adept of parents, but for stepparents, it can be even more difficult. When you fall in love with and decide to marry a person who has biological children in their…
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Step-parenting is, beyond a doubt, one of the most challenging jobs in the world…at least if you’re doing it the right way. It can also be one of the most rewarding, but often, that reward will come many years into…
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October 14, 2013 Marriage and Divorce
There is no marriage that is always going to be free of disagreement. It is our differences that often draw us together, far more than those areas in which we are the same. This is because, deep down, we are…
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October 10, 2013 Marriage and Divorce
When it comes to family relationships, there are few that are more complicated than that between a mother and daughter. This relationship has the potential to be the most damaging or the most rewarding of any woman’s life. There are…
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October 6, 2013 Marriage and Divorce
When you initially meet the person that you are going to fall in love with and invite to share the rest of your life, it is normal that you will go through some changes. One of these changes is the…
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October 6, 2013 Marriage and Divorce
When you get the long-awaited news that your deployed soldier is coming home in the upcoming days, you will most likely be filled with nervous anticipation. If you are like most military spouses, you have grown used to changes and…
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October 6, 2013 Marriage and Divorce
For many people, the meaning of fidelity in marriage that they would initially give would be limited to the subject of sex remaining within the bounds of the marriage. This is definitely one aspect of it and undeniably, those who…
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October 3, 2013 Crisis Support
Historically, abuse and sexual assault have been reserved for the women of the world, at least in the minds of society. These were crimes against females in the minds of most people and because of this, we have ended up…
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October 1, 2013 Crisis Support
Depression, when it is clinical and long-lasting, is a disease and it can be a truly debilitating one. This clinical type of depression is different from the depression that may come on when something occurs, such as a loved one’s…
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