Have you ever watched a political debate on T.V.? Personally, I find them pretty exciting! Everyone knows that the main goal of any debate is to win. The competition aspect of debating is what makes it so entertaining and draws people in. Let’s face it, without conflict, debates are just boring speeches. Conflict keeps us watching!
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A marriage counsellor can help give us hope by being a mediator between us and helping us to understand each other. Marriage counselling can help get us past the things that bind us to our past and hurt.
Seven years ago, a marriage counsellor gave my husband and me a second chance when she took us under her wings and helped us sort the mess that was our relationship. We were fighting all the time and the first sessions with her were volatile but with infinite patience, she helped us find the love that was hiding underneath the strife and hurt.
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Have you ever wondered what makes some second marriages so successful, while others are not so much? Well, today, we are talking to Patricia Bubash M.Ed., author of [easyazon_link identifier=”1589095634″ locale=”US” tag=”recommended0cb-20″]Successful Second Marriages[/easyazon_link]. Her book delves deeply into that very topic and focuses on the stories of couples who were very successful in their second marriages.
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Hi everyone! I hope you are having a good week. The last month of my life has been spent getting ready for and then directing Vacation Bible School. It has been a crazy amount of work and a crazy amount of fun. For this week, I have published an excerpt from the book I just recently wrote, Second Marriage: An Insider’s Guide to Hope, Healing & Love.
One of the hard parts about a second marriage can be accepting that your “original dreams” did not come true. You did stay “live happily ever after” with the person in your first marriage. If your partner was married before, you are not their first wife or husband.
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