first five years


Preparing for a lifetime

Written by Wendy Kittlitz

Couples preparing to get married spend an enormous amount of time, money and emotional energy planning their wedding. Many couples, however, give little thought to preparing for their marriage.

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Childless in a world of babies

Written by Marlo Schalesky

It had been a hard day. Despite yet another trip to the infertility clinic, I wasn’t pregnant. Still. So, as the sun slipped behind the horizon, all I wanted to do was forget – forget about cradles and bibs, diapers and rattles, everything that had to do with the baby I couldn’t seem to have.

But life conspired against me.

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Marriage is not a competitive sport

Written by Jamie Driggers

Back when my husband was just some guy I knew, he and his buddies had a complex scoring method for rating their behavior on a date. They gave points for belching (-1), door holding (+2), swearing (-2), letting the girl pick the music (+1) and any other random action the wingman chose to tally. Ending the evening in the positive column theoretically meant the girl would be impressed enough for another date.

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Something blue?

Written by Emily Osburne

Ashley’s “happily ever after” didn’t feel so happy.

Although she loved her new husband dearly, the first few months after their wedding were not the fairy-tale life she had imagined.

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Border protection

Written by Dr. John Townsend

Rachel called into the radio show co-host with a problem. “It’s my mother-in-law,” she said. “She is critical of me, no matter what I do. She doesn’t like my cooking, or the way I clean house, or how I take care of my husband, Don. I try and try to please her, but she always has something negative to say.”

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