How many times have you found yourself glaring at your husband, eyes as red as fire, body hot with anger, teeth gritted and smoke coming out of our ears? Too many to count? You aren’t alone. Now how many times has this anger been the result of your feeling as though he is not pulling his weight around the house or with the kids? Nope, you definitely aren’t alone there either. Today, I want to talk about how “video game mentality” can creep into our families and marriages. You see, there are times in almost every marriage where we begin...

I want to take a moment to salute the hardest working people I know. Let’s hear it for the moms! Yep, that’s right, as you sit in front of your laptop go ahead and give yourself a little pat on the back. Just make sure you don’t do it while anyone is looking because I can not be certain of the consequences! And please don’t do it at work because I can not guarantee you a job elsewhere. Anyway, how many moms out there do you know that concentrate on only one thing? Do you hear that? I believe it’s...

We all know of the transformation that occurs when a caterpillar enters her cocoon to become a butterfly. I’ve often wondered if the caterpillar realizes what is to come or just winds up in a cocoon unaware of the circumstances that brought her to that place. But it is only while in that cocoon the caterpillar is transformed, the old is gone and the new bursts forth with all its beauty. That cocoon must be a rather lonely place, isolated from the rest of the world. Scientists tell us that the time in the cocoon can last from ten days...

Family is beautifully delicate. Different personalities, feelings and experiences united through commonalities and commitment. It is a complicated web of characteristics thrown together. The question is, Why? Instincts tell us it is for our protection and survival but then why do so many end up hurt by the very ones who were supposed to protect them? I challenge you to think deeper into yourself and into the souls of those who are bound to you by blood, commitment, love or duty. Family bonds are meant to stretch us into being more than we thought we could be. Through family we...