Author Archives: sewildman

One frustration we have as we work with marriages is how to inspire couples to really take concepts that we teach them and use them outside of our meetings. We were commiserating about this with another couple who helps marriages … Continue reading →

Yesterday I happened to be on Facebook. One post was from a lady I know who was saying she was thankful for 16 years of marriage. The next post was from another lady I happen to know is divorced or … Continue reading →

Here is a link to more Fireproof stories. It’s a good place to go for encouragement. http://www.fireproofthemovie.com/stories/

I found this story of a wife sticking with a husband through his drinking problem to be inspiring. http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/03/04/cafferty.excerpt.3/index.html

I hope you enjoy this story about a couple who was divorced for 17 years and then fell back in love after she gave him a kidney. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29875012/

This is an excellent post from Rejoice Ministries about the power of praying the Lord’s Prayer. During some of my darkest days during our separation speaking the Lord’s Prayer and Psalm 23 helped me hang in there. I would be … Continue reading →

I found this to be an interesting, although NOT recommended, solution to the problem of a husband not listening. http://www.sherimueller.com/2009/03/25/lets-talk-handcuffs-required/

This is from Mike McManus’ column and discusses Retrouvaille. http://ethicsandreligion.com/redesignedcolumns/C1438.htm I did a lot of research on Retrouvaille during our separation and was planning to make a last minute appeal to Sharon to attend. Really sounded like a quality program … Continue reading →

My wife and I are in the midst of remodeling/redecorating a sizable portion of our home we just moved into a couple of weeks ago. On some blog I read recently there was an article that discussed whether remodeling would … Continue reading →

The older I get the more I get over some of my ideas of just hitting the groove in constant romantic bliss with my wife, and I realize that marriage is just plain hard work – but well worth the … Continue reading →