Turning Disadvantage into a Gift – A Personal Story

I invite you to look back over your life for your own handicaps or shortcomings, and for times when you felt disadvantaged. Then look for the gifts each may have produced in your life.

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Can a Lasting Marriage Begin with Online Dating? Try Local First.

What has changed so dramatically in the last few years is the number of men and women who enter committed relationships after meeting their partner online.

Statistics: The latest figures are that 20 million people per month are engaging in online dating. About 70% of people surveyed said they would use an online dating service to find their partner if they were looking for a relationship. And in a large-scale survey 17% of couples married from 2007 to early 2010 said they had met online.

Categories: Marriage  |  Tags: Marriage, marriage relationship, online dating, relationships  |  4 comments

Are you in a relationship yet feeling lonely?

Life can sneak up on you, and then one day one of you realizes you feel the loneliest you have ever felt. Who among us, except the very young, has not been in that dark place at some time or other? This leads to the question, is it possible to live your lives in such a way that you can avoid loneliness in a marriage relationship?

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The Child may not be the Problem: Children of Alcoholic Parents

It has been said that parenting is the most difficult job in the world. Contributing factors such as alcohol and/or drug abuse by a parent can skew the entire family dynamic system and the child may act out with a variety of unacceptable behaviors.

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Laugh Your way through Your Family Vacation

It’s vacation time. Two days from now you have about 1 ½ weeks off work. You, your spouse and two teens are heading off on a camping road trip. You find yourself working like crazy to get ready — there are so many details to think of and organize — and you find yourself wondering why you ever agreed to this type of family vacation.

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