A few years ago, I had to constantly deal with a bad apple in the workplace. This was before I earned the responsibility of manager/supervisor, only acting as a mere "lead admin" (which may have saved my job in the end, but I'll get to that). More >>

I bought 'The Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands' for my wife when it was hot off the presses back in 2003. I read it first because I didn't want to lay it on the nightstand and risk getting in trouble... More >>

I wish that every time I worried about something, it got resolved. However, life doesn't work that way. Here are 4 things you can do the next time you start to fall down the rabbit hole... More >>

I've always heard you urging moms to be home with their children and raise them, but I never thought that was possible for me... More >>

I had been trying to figure out what in the world compelled me to act like so nasty to my husband of almost 19 years. I went into a different room, sat down, and really turned the tables... More >>

...After our third child was born, we fell into a routine where we were two ships passing, discussing kid-related topics and attributing our lack of energy to do more than that to our not having slept in seven years! We were sinking... More >>

One day I walked into the master bedroom after my husband had left for work and found that he had made the bed. I had meant to text him to thank him, but it kept slipping my mind... More >>

I picked up 'The Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands' for a friend, and then I started reading it first! I immediately saw how I had inadvertently discounted my amazing and patient husband... More >>

My husband and I married young, and after forty years, four kids, nine grandkids (and two on the way), we both jokingly tell everyone we 'ran off the dock, jumped in and started our life together.' We were so sure and so happy. The joke is that neither of can swim... More >>

Marriage starts out as a lot of highs. Then suddenly, all you can see are the lows. You and your spouse start bitching at each other, feeling resentful, and losing what you had. Here are three tips to not lose sight of the romance... More >>