Last week I wrote about how in-laws affect the marriage and received the following comment:
“O My heather,
You are so lucky i have been with my husband 5yrs married for 2yrs,loved and adored by my husband His mother not so much. I have done everything to please this woman from day one she has put a [...]

Before you get married, you get so much advice.  The old cliche about not going to bed angry, say I love you every morning, and a multitude of other canned platitudes that people say so they feel wise.  The problem I have with advice is that it just begs to be ignored.  I imagine sitting [...]

Hey guys, Mother’s Day is just around the corner and if you’re married with children, it’s time to start thinking about a gift.
The economy is in the crapper, the swine flu is going to get us all and there’s no end to the misery that we call life.  What will make this all better?  How [...]

Happy Earth Day, Readers!  I’m not really a hippie-chick, but in my house we’ve made an effort to reduce our waste (garbage and economic) and care for the earth a little more.
A couple years ago I decided to stop using so many harmful chemicals in our home because I was tired of my house smelling [...]

Sometimes in a marriage we are overly polite. We don’t want to make a mountain out of a mole hill. I’m talking about the 101 little things that your spouse does that shouldn’t bug you but they do.  I’m talking about when the other person leaves the toothpaste cap off, doesn’t empty the trash when [...]