by Michelle C. Martin | Jan 9, 2023 | Family Life, Health, Marriage, Parenting, Society
Recently I stumbled across a “suggested for you” page on Facebook. It was some obscure Mommy Blog site featuring a long poem about a young mother’s struggles. Specially, how hard her life was because her baby was a scream machine and her husband was a useless oaf....
by Michelle C. Martin | Nov 29, 2022 | Church, Marriage, Marriage Prep, Society
Pre-Cana gives future spouses an opportunity to “test” their compatibility before they commit for life. A few years ago, author Sarah Swafford gave a talk at my university’s Catholic Center. She spoke, of course, about a lot of amazing things. But one idea...
by Tara Brooke | Oct 13, 2020 | Family Life, Marriage, Society
In my years as a Director of Family Ministry, along with my years as the Director of the Brooke Family I have come to know that one of the greatest problems that enters marriage and family life is what I would call “unmet, or unrealistic” expectations. I served as...
by Ron Kaufmann | Apr 25, 2017 | Marriage Prep, Questions
Dear Ron, My boyfriend and I are in our late twenties, have been dating for almost a year, and are seriously considering becoming engaged. He has many wonderful qualities, including being reliable, a hard worker, very affectionate, and always willing to talk about...
by Edmund Adamus | May 23, 2016 | Parenting, Spirituality
If you’ve ever had to deal with a child who is devastated and in tears because of a disappointment or setback they have had to suffer, you know how hard it can be not to find it even slightly amusing, or be overwhelmingly tempted to patronize and pretend that the...
