Archive | July, 2012

My husband and children at Legoland in historic Cypress Gardens

Handling Adversity with Joy and WITHOUT Complaining

(our children at Legoland, FL) I am obviously NOT perfect. I’m still very human. BUT, some of you may appreciate a few examples of how a wife might have obstacles and problems to deal with but might handle that in a godly way without complaining and being negative and might actually still enjoy her husband […]

Your Happiness Means EVERYTHING to Your Husband

Ok, I know some of you are a bit skeptical at my title. If that’s you – you may want to check out Shaunti Feldhahn’s AWESOME book “For Women Only” that has information from LARGE groups of Christian men to find out how they think, what they want, how they process life and how they view marriage. One […]

Some Examples of Apologizing and Starting Over Respectfully

I have been in touch with several wives recently who began to see what they were doing wrong for the first time and whose eyes have been opened to their disrespect and control in their marriages. I thought it might be helpful for other women to see how different wives handle apologizing when they wake up […]

Some Handy Respectful Phrases

Some great respectful phrases – IF you use them sincerely: – Whatever you think is best. – I trust you. – I appreciate your wisdom. – Thanks for being the leader in our relationship. I appreciate you carrying that heavy responsibility so well. – I know you’ll do what is right in God’s sight. – […]

The Frustrating Quiet Phase

Several wives wrote to me who were very perplexed after they realized the extent of their disrespect and control and wanted to fix it but weren’t sure what to do. They ended up being too quiet and felt like they couldn’t say anything anymore. That doesn’t work either! Here is my response. (PS, there is a note to the husbands at […]

An Update on the Fly Swatter Incident

After I sent Jane (not her real name) my take on her situation with her husband (if you missed it or need a refresher on what happened, please read the original post http://wp.me/p28uul-Tr ) – she sent me an email. She came from a background of verbal, emotional and sexual abuse. She had a very […]

Broken Promises

This is a guest post by Lilly Grace Brown. She writes to encourage women in difficult marriages. I pray we might each be inspired and challenged by her story, her convictions and her commitment to Christ and her husband! Peacefulwife ———————————————————————————————– We get married and promise to love and honor and cherish. A man promises […]

To Give or Not to Give?

A guest post by Melissa Washington at Making Cents Count. Melissa blogs about handling your money responsibly within your marriage. Giving can be a tricky thing. We’re driven to give to others by so many things. Some of us are motivated by emotions to give to charities or to a person on the street. Some of us […]

(Not Lost But) Found in Translation!

Today’s post is by Adri Van Der Walt and she writes hardy chats for women at With A Cup of Coffee. Life giving words The Bible has so much to teach us. It speaks to us as women, wives, mothers, friends. You name it, it is there. The work for us is to make sure […]

In Praise of Boring Men

Molly Powell is a wife, mother of four boys ages 21-15, Harvard-trained lawyer, school and church volunteer, and new blogger. Read more of her essays on marriage, raising sons, faith, and law at In-House Counsel. Know any “boring” men? I have had the blessing of being married to one for 25 years and share this […]