RELATIONSHIPS
Singleness – not spoken about enough but for many people a struggle or challenge and for others something to celebrate
i kissed dating: the parts – some thoughts about dating
40 Tips to help you improve your Marriage – some big, some small and all just ideas that may or may not work for you
How to save a marriage [before you need to] – i asked some married friends to share some ideas on what makes marriage work…
How to love your husband/wife better – the parts – a series looking at some different ways you can love your person well
What my Married Friends would like their Single Friends to know: Intro
I started out by inviting a bunch of my Single Friends to share some thoughts they really wanted their Married Friends to hear, consider, think about and respond to and some really great posts came [...]
What my Married Friends would like their Single Friends to know – Meet Shana and Carl Kreusch
Hello. I'm Shana, and I have a husband. He's Carl. We haven't been married very long but we are married nonetheless. I'm not really a writer, so I'm not really going to make this sound [...]
the power of a story shared
For some of you this will be a "best, most moving story I ever read, must forward to 100 friends" whereas for others, halfway through the first line will have you rolling your eyes and [...]
Marriage year 45: Meet Costa and Lorraine Mitchell
Costa & Lorraine Mitchell. Married 3rd April 1971, both of us 21 years old at the time. We both think that we have had it very good in marriage. Obviously, this is a gift for which [...]
Getting Naked Later – a book review of my friend Kate Hurley’s book
A little eight-year-old girl was asked what she thought love was. She cocked her head and thought for a little bit. Then she replied, "When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over to paint [...]
Marriage Year 33: Meet Jo and Ollie Prentice
We met at UCT in 1975, followers of Christ and both students. Already - two keys to a long-lasting relationship - our Christian faith has held us in good times and difficulties; our keenness to [...]
Marriage Year 28: Meet Shelley and Deon Lombard
We read the story of Jade and Sean as part of the Marriage Year 4 posts and Jade was so inspired by taking time to reflect on her marriage that she invited her folks to [...]
Marriage Year 18: Meet Lara Harler Lahr and Chris
We have definitely gotten through some challenges in nearly 18 years of marriage. The challenges that seemed to be a big deal once, I actually look back and laugh about now. At the time, the [...]
Marriage year 15: Meet Natasha and Dave Henning
Married 15 years this year... "It's important to remember that there is a difference between being an awesome team and an awesome couple. Teams can work well even if the teammates don't connect on a [...]
Marriage Year 9: Meet Matt and Kathy Allison
I recently went back and looked over our photo books, images from our first date back in 1999 through marriage and the births of our two lovely children and couldn't help but smile at all [...]
Marriage Year 14: Meet Tim and Laura Tucker
We got married on 9th August 2000. A good date for two reasons… very easy to calculate how many years we’ve been married… and a South African public holiday so we always get a day off [...]
Marriage Year 13: Meet Nate and Andrea Milheim
People like to say that my wife and I look young, but you should have seen us when we got married on April 20, 2001. There is a picture from our wedding day on our [...]