by Michelle C. Martin | May 22, 2024 | Family Life, Marriage, Marriage Prep, Prayer, Questions, Society
One of the things no one prepares for is the “growth shock” of marriage. Did you know flowers often lose their petals when they’re planted? Babies generally lose up to 10% of their birth weight. These things happen within the first weeks of new phases in life. When...
by Michelle C. Martin | Nov 22, 2023 | Family Life, Marriage, Marriage Prep, Society
Marriage is an adventure; don’t go without your maps. If you were going on a trip, especially to a place you’ve never been before, you’d take maps. When planning to be away from home for several days, you’d always check the weather to pack accordingly. You’d want to...
by Michelle C. Martin | Jul 25, 2023 | Family Life, Marriage, Marriage Prep, Parenting, Society
Commitment is a Weird Place, but it is OKAY: The commitment of engagement found me in a weird place. Once Joshua and I went from dating to engaged, I developed a strange feeling of disappointment. Not disappointment in my decision, and certainly not disappointment in...
by Michelle C. Martin | Jul 19, 2023 | Family Life, Marriage, Marriage Prep, Parenting
Work Before Being Engaged and Married: If you are planning to get engaged and married, don’t be this couple: “You got married without talking about if you want to have kids?!” Terry Crews’ character in Brooklyn Nine-Nine says this, and it makes me laugh without...
by Michelle C. Martin | May 24, 2023 | Health, Marriage, Marriage Prep, Society
Who Needs Counseling? Is counseling just for couples who are fighting, like the couple in How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days? I recently watched this movie with a group of friends. If you’ve never seen it, it’s about a journalist who is writing an article about all the...
