When I was turning 6-years-old I was lucky enough to go to Sweden... We visited our Swedish relatives, and my birthday happened to fall while we were in Stockholm. During that stay, two things happened that are etched into my memory. More >>

One of the biggest mistakes newlyweds make today is to purchase a house based on two incomes. I can't understand why my generation (1950's) had so much more economic common sense than young people today. Maybe it's because we grew up with the privation that still existed after the depression. More >>

I found (and it took a while to figure this out -- I'm a guy what do you expect?) some of the qualities I believe make a marriage work... More >>

My 'other' mother used to say if life were fair, we would be born old and die young. She has lived a hard life and I can see where she would feel that way. More >>

The thing I love about marriage is there seems to be someone for everyone. We're all different, and finding that person who gets us (or tolerates us) is a feat in itself. More >>

I don't know if everyone experiences cold feet for at least a moment before their wedding, but I think it was healthy for me to have a brush with it. My fiancé and I had been dating over a year and a half, and we were wildly in love. More >>

We've been married for 7 years and have 2 wonderful young children. We had juggled our schedules so that while we both worked, one of us was always home with the children. Then I was offered a big promotion that also required a move. I wasn't sure what to do. More >>

A recent call where you told a listener to get up fifteen minutes earlier so she and her husband could make time to 'be together' made me smile, as I thought of how my husband and I created extra time. More >>

Because I work part-time from home, I was able to save my children from a ridiculously long bus ride to school every day...We only live a mile from our elementary school but their bus ride was an hour long... More >>

As my 'marriage mentor,' I just had to share with you a tender exchange I had with my husband this morning...His job has been really stressful lately - layoffs left him understaffed and now he works in his office, all day, by himself... More >>