by Christine Hammond on March 29, 2013
No, I am not a man-hater and this article is not meant to be taken seriously. Rather it is written tongue-in-cheek to demonstrate the obvious and not so obvious ways a you can show disrespect to your husband. Sometimes the best way of understanding something is to begin with what it isn’t. While this can… (more…)
by Christine Hammond on January 15, 2013
You are having an affair. This wasn’t intention, you didn’t even see it coming but here you are anyway in the middle of an affair. It started off easily and innocently with a glance when you noticed the other person and got noticed back; it felt good to have someone look at you like that… (more…)
by Christine Hammond on January 14, 2013
Your spouse is going to rant about something sooner or later. Unfortunately the ranting may even be about the same topic, the same people, or the same circumstances you have heard about a thousand times before. In your response, you are likely to fall into a pattern of defending, explaining, shutting down, minimizing or personalizing… (more…)
by Christine Hammond on January 9, 2013
So you say that you want your marriage to be better. You read books, listen to others, pray, and talk about the importance of marriage but how committed are you really? It is much easier to talk about communicating and the importance of it for instance, then to actually communicate effectively. The same is true… (more…)
by Christine Hammond on January 7, 2013
Yes, I know that this is strange advice and most likely contradicts the latest marriage book you read but it doesn’t work in the long run. Sure you can get great results in your marriage by always trying to please your spouse short-term but sooner or later you run out of steam especially when the… (more…)
by Christine Hammond on December 27, 2012
It’s the little things that count. Too often the big things in a marriage get the most attention while the little things go unrecognized for lack of importance. However, if you can begin the practice of forgiving your spouse for the little things, then when the big things come up it will be a much… (more…)
by Christine Hammond on December 26, 2012
Try it. Don’t talk about it, think about it or put it off. Just be intentionally grateful about something, anything will really do, which is far better than nothing. Even if your spouse misunderstood your last comment, argued with you over something meaningless, made a thoughtless remark, or turned a casual comment into a lecture… (more…)
by Christine Hammond on December 17, 2012
During times of tragedy, it is easier to remember to pray for and be grateful for your spouse’s safety, job, health, relationships, and good will. As tragedy has a unique way of highlighting not only the sufferings but also the blessings as there seems to be no shortage of extremes. Yet it is much harder… (more…)
by Christine Hammond on December 14, 2012
There is a saying in the military, “Never leave a man behind” which should be applied to a marriage. There will be times in your marriage when you are growing or moving faster than your spouse for a variety of reasons. However, if you keep your spouse in the dark or leave him or her… (more…)
by Christine Hammond on December 13, 2012
Have you ever run into someone and was surprised to find them married because he or she just spent the last few minutes flirting with you? This is a recipe for disaster in a marriage. Married people should act like married people meaning that when you are away from your spouse, you are a partial… (more…)