Looking for Love & Fanning Old Flames
Summer 2010 Issue | Posted by Marge Fenelon in Marriage
In early 2004 Kurt and Julie Carrick, married 20 years, faced a parental nightmare. A stranger at a party drugged their teenaged daughter and raped her. Shortly after the attack, they learned that she had become pregnant.
In the aftermath of this horrific crime, the Carricks and their daughter faced... READ MORE
Love: The Path of Least Resistance
Spring 2010 Issue | Posted by Tim Drake in Marriage
Despite a 13-year marriage and two children, Mickey and Denise Neal found themselves at a crossroads. Denise — a clinical risk manager — found herself veering toward the path of least resistance.
One weekend in spring 2007, while their two boys were playing outdoors, Denise told Mickey she might want... READ MORE
When Silence is Golden
November/December 2009 Issue | Posted by Tom and April Hoopes in Marriage
If you turned on a radio in 2003, it wouldn’t be long before you heard Kelly Clarkson’s song “Miss Independent.” Charlotte (she asked that we change her name for this article) was living the song that year.
She was in an expensive Chicago apartment. She was 30. She had a successful career at an art... READ MORE
All Out of Tears
January/February 2009 Issue | Posted by Danielle Bean in Marriage
Sarah drove her kids home from soccer practice in a rage. Hot tears stung her eyes and she wiped at them furiously.
In the backseat, the kids paid no attention. In recent months, they had become accustomed to seeing their mother in tears.
Sarah hadn’t always been a weepy mother. In fact, she was an... READ MORE
Unfaithfully Yours
May/June 2009 Issue | Posted by Melissa Hartog in Marriage
By Chris and Julie Francis
Julie:
Christopher and I met in high school and began our “dating” relationship much like our many peers of the mid-1980s. It wasn’t so much a “courtship” as a physical relationship where we sought to fulfill ourselves rather than one another. We had no understanding at... READ MORE
Stolen Dreams
March/April 2009 Issue | Posted by Kate Wicker in Marriage
By Kate Wicker
During their two-year courtship, Henry Markston stole Cecilia’s heart. Unfortunately, this wasn’t the first or the last time he would steal something. More than 20 years into their marriage, Cecilia would discover that her husband harbored a secret that would tear at the very fabric... READ MORE
When ‘Home for the Holidays” Never Ends
November/December 2008 Issue | Posted by Wayne Laugesen in Marriage
im came home to visit her parents for the Christmas holiday. She hugged her mother Shirley and her father, Deacon Dan. She looked at her brother, with whom she had always been close.
“Hey, Boomer,” Kim said. “How’s the basement these days?”
She had been home all of one minute and the tension was thick.... READ MORE
18 Places to Fall in Love With Your Spouse
May/June 2008 Issue | Posted by Tammy Darling in Marriage
Mignon McLaughlin once said, “A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.” If you’ve ever gone a month without spending any real quality time with your spouse, you know how negatively it can affect your marriage. All relationships need to be nurtured, and... READ MORE
Falling out of Balance
July/August 2008 Issue | Posted by Wayne Laugesen in Marriage
Kristen and Matt had five kids at home when Matt was laid off from his medical technology job in New Mexico. Life had been chaotic and stressful over the years, but now it was worse.
Just to keep bread and milk on the table, Matt quickly went to work for two guys with a pickup who had a makeshift landscaping... READ MORE
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