Religion

Marriage Should Be Kind, Not Polite

Marriage Should Be Kind, Not Polite

From time to time, Chad and I meet with couples who are struggling. It’s a daunting task, I can tell you, to be living an imperfect marriage and then to try to help guide and support another imperfect marriage. If anyone ever claims that their marriage is actually perfect, I can tell you that either they just got married two days ago or they’re lying. Marriage will never be perfect because husbands and wives will never be perfect. I suppose in many ways, that’s a comfort, especially when you recognize some of the weaknesses of your own partnership.

When My Mother Got Up Anyway

When My Mother Got Up Anyway

I remember one morning when I was in elementary school, I woke to the usual scent of some delicious breakfast baking in the oven. Blueberry muffins, maybe. I walked into the kitchen, and instead of seeing my mom on her usual perch at the edge of a kitchen chair, drinking her coffee, I could see her lying on her bed in the next room, pale and looking exhausted.

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