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The Marriage Blog Week in Review October 28-November 3rd

Last Week’s New Jersey Supreme Court ruling played a major ripple effect on our articles for this week and even as we got ready for Halloween and recovered from it, the November elections and vote loomed ahead. Several states will make their decisions on new marriage laws, politicians and more. If that were not enough for you, we have the holidays looming ahead of us and that can have a dramatic impact on our marriages and our family lives. So without further ado, here is our Marriage Blog week in review: Saturday, October 28 In Marriage in the News: I … Continue reading →

Christmas Traditions

Nearly every family has Christmas traditions. Ours includes having a real Christmas tree. Just any old pine tree won’t do. Fortunately I have a husband who understands how important it is that the tree is absolutely right. So when it came to a choice between getting a tree we weren’t happy with or going back later for a fresh tree, I knew he would agree we needed to go back. The tree we eventually got is beautiful. Just as well. The first question our daughter asked yesterday on the phone when I told her we’d bought it was, ‘what is … Continue reading →

It’s Beginning to Look a Lot like Christmas …

I’m the kind of person who likes to listen to the lyrics of songs. And I frequently take them too seriously, and nitpick them to death. I mean, things should make sense, shouldn’t they? One lyric stuck out to me in particular as I was driving out to do some Christmas shopping the other day. We’re all familiar with the song, “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot like Christmas.” In fact, I bet 99% of our readers here on Families.com can sing it from memory. We start out by talking about how everything looks like Christmas. There are trees, and … Continue reading →

Who is the Better Communicator?

In nearly all marriages there is one person who is the better communicator. Experts would suggest more often this is the woman, as on the whole women are more used to sharing their feelings and thoughts than guys are. But this is not always in the case. In a marriage of a young couple I know, the wife admitted even though both of them communicate well, her husband is the better communicator. Even as I write that, I can almost hear others of you out there say getting conversation or communication out of your husbands is like the proverbial getting … Continue reading →

Part 2 of Things to Discuss before Marriage

Yesterday we looked at things to discuss before marriage. Here are some more things on the checklist of things that should be discussed. Attitudes towards work and family life. The person, who is a workaholic or a professional student always wanting to gain new skills, can have a detrimental effect on marriage. They may have trouble making time and making it a priority to nurture their marriage and family relationships. Finances and whether you will have separate bank accounts or a joint account. Even if there is a joint account, will each person have their own spending money that they … Continue reading →

What is Marriage?

What is marriage? As Mary Ann said, sometimes you could be forgiven for thinking that marriage is on the wane, that it is no longer important or a priority, that some people view it as a prison almost and a restriction of the liberties. That’s not what how I feel. What is marriage? This is an adaptation from a quote on my calendar: Marriage is sharing openly, laughing often, trusting always, caring deeply. The quote came from my calendar and it actually says friendship instead of marriage. But since my marriage partner is my closest friend, I took the liberty … Continue reading →

New Baby = New Holiday Experience

Ah, the holiday season. So full of fun and exciting activities! For me, the best part of the holidays is getting together with family. I do not have the privilege of living in the same state as my family, so I really look forward to the times we get to be together. Now that life is returning back to normal, I’ve had some time to reflect on our experiences this year. A big thing that sticks out in my mind is that nothing is the same with a baby! For example, flying without a baby is nothing like flying with … Continue reading →

Enjoying Christmas

Christmas Eve has been and gone. How did we spend it? In the morning we played tennis but petered out as the day became too hot and other things needed doing. Grabbed the last minute Christmas card out of the mail box and hung it on the card tree before lunch. Mick’s tomatoes, cucumbers and beans he grows have been staples of our diet recently and the passionfruit vines are raining passionfruit. Mick went and picked those that had fallen off the vine. Ten minutes later I went and picked up another eight. No doubt the southerly breeze that blew … Continue reading →

What Makes Christmas, Christmas?

You could be forgiven for thinking Christmas is all about presents, food, family, Santa and all the other things the world pushes at us. On the radio recently the announcer said, ‘What makes Christmas, Christmas?’ He then went on to answer his own question and tell everyone, ‘Christmas is lights, family, food and loyalty points.’ Excuse me? None of those things make Christmas, Christmas. Now don’t get me wrong I enjoy looking at Christmas lights and I enjoy Christmas food. I love spending time with family, not just at Christmas but at any time of the year. But none of … Continue reading →

Drama in Education

I’ve always found drama an effective tool when teaching children and adults alike. For some reason drama we have seen or been involved in stick in the mind long after the event. I know lines written in puppet plays written and performed around 20 years ago still come back to my husband and me at various times. That’s the power of drama in education and I saw another example of it recently. Drama, yes I know it’s usually Kyle writing about drama. But this time I want to tell you about how a drama in a church service influenced someone … Continue reading →