

How to have Happy Holidays with Family
We awoke this morning to four inches of snow covering the mums and pumpkins that flank our front door making it feel like we skipped...


Sex and The Quarantine
To be quite frank, I am tired of hearing the words Quarantine, Covid-19, Coronavirus, Shutdown, and "New Normal". I don’t mean to sound...


Now is not the time to work on your marriage
I am trying to be productive, really I am, but I’m finding it hard to get motivated when my routine is all out of whack due to the...

In the Middle
A comment made in a TV interview by NFL player Benjamin Watson grabbed my attention. As he and the news anchor bantered about the...

How a Hostage Negotiator Can Help Your Marriage
“While you might be curious how FBI negotiators get some of the world’s toughest bad guys to give up their hostages, you could be excused...


Secrets Worth Spilling
The teacher’s comments section on my report card recorded the same words year after year, “Kristen is a nice girl, but she talks too...


Game Plan
One of the reasons I enjoy being a writer is it affords the opportunity to step into a variety of roles and speak from different...


One Thing...
There are days when I can’t remember what I walked into my garage to get, I forget to take my daily medication and cannot recall the pin...

Getting Stuff Done
It’s been so long here in Southwest Michigan since we’ve seen the bright yellow ball that suspends in the sky, I almost forgot what the...


What our phones are doing to us
I started attending yoga classes recently for the simple fact that I sit at a computer a lot, and at the end of the day, my body feels...