"Mari-i-i-i-ie!" My husband Ivo's stressed voice rings through the house. "Where did you say my green shirt was again?" “It’s in the closet, on the left side, between your white shirts and your jacket.” “I can’t find it!” I follow his voice up the stairs and into our room.
My husband Daniel and I live with our four children on the 13th floor of an apartment building in Taichung City, Taiwan. Needless to say, the elevator is a part of our daily lives. It had been just another normal, busy day, with most of my time and energy spent…
I recently watched the movie Love and Other Drugs, a romantic comedy based on Jamie Reidy's memoir, Hard Sell: The Evolution of a Viagra Salesman. While I thought the film was a mixed bag, it did have a down-to-earth kind of love story that wasn’t your typical movie romance or…
I'm on my third marriage--a fact that I don't normally mention in the presence of newly married couples. I'm grateful for my first two marriages because they resulted in several beautiful children, my most precious treasures, but for me the third time has been charmed. When my second marriage ended,…
Question: I get frustrated and upset when my husband acts selfishly, but I know I am selfish too sometimes, and that bothers me even more. What can I do to help us both in this area? Answer: When such problems crop up between two people, whether they are married or…