Wedding Wake-Up Call
Relationships are confusing these days. I read that there is a rock star’s son who will marry his ex-wife’s mother. His son from a previous marriage announced his engagement to the mother of the rock star’s former wife. The marriage will make the rock star his ex-wife’s step-grandfather. I think. People marry again and again. A pastor’s phone rang on Tuesday morning. It was a call from a young woman who didn’t identify herself. She stated that she wanted to be married on Friday of that week. This was...
Read MoreBaby Talk
The first time I saw our oldest daughter, I saw a bald head and heard powerful lungs. She was a loud noise at one end and no responsibility at the other. It was scary. Now I know why they say, “Hold the head.” It’s the safest part. I knew this baby was going to change my life when I asked my mother-in-law to stay over a few extra days just to help us. I didn’t know what to do with my new daughter. By the end of the first day, I was so completely helpless, that I just took her to my mother-in-law....
Read MoreConflicting Ways
Been to battle lately? Conflict can actually be good for you. Criticism separates people, but conflict stimulates people. If you ignore things, they build up and get worse. You might as well fight the battle before you have to go to war. A little boy asked his dad, “How did the war start?” “Which war?” asked his father. “The big war, how did it start?” “Well, it started when Germany invaded Belgium.” His wife interrupted, “That isn’t how the war started. It started when Germany invaded...
Read MoreCornbread and Buttermilk
My wife and I are from different backgrounds. Her father is from up north, and my family came from way down south. Also, Penny grew up wealthy, and I grew up poor. Her swimming pool wasn’t heated, but it was a different world. She had four baths, and I had four paths. One year our bathroom caught on fire and we were excited because it didn’t reach the house. These differences affected our relationship even in what we ate. I didn’t know what I was eating the first few years of marriage, but men will eat most...
Read MoreFidget While You Talk
Relationships can be tough. This week I was exasperated with Penny and said, “I was a fool when I married you.” She said, “Yes, dear, but I was too in love to notice.” I think sometimes that if Penny really loved me she would have married someone else. We’ve had our share of conflicts. We made a commitment when we were married that we would never go to bed angry, so we stayed up all night every night the first three months of our marriage. Most of our conflicts involve communication. Unfortunately, the...
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