What if you could only choose ONE trait in a person who was going to marry one of your children – ONE trait that would be most important above all others. What would you choose? Our answer may surprise you…
If you are still looking for someone to share life with, then it is so important to know what you are looking for, or at least what you should be looking for. Lust and temporary pleasures will fade. If these core traits are present in your relationship, it will definitely help it to stand the test of time.
The Bachelor, Colton Underwood, has been very widely criticized for his virginity, with people using it as the reason that he couldn’t possibly be ready to get married. One woman used “cupcakes” as a euphemism for his virginity, saying that someone surely must sample many cupcakes before they could ever be ready for marriage. Let’s evaluate this logic…
Though most would probably never believe this, I can honestly say that in 12 years married and 16 years together, my husband and I have never had a fight, not one. This is not to say that we have never disagreed, that we have never annoyed each other, that we have never hurt each other’s feelings…
I often feel as though people would like me more if I gained a lot of weight, drank more, cursed more, screamed at my kids, cheated on my husband, and was just an all-around disaster – whatever it would take for me to not seem “perfect,” thus making me more relatable in their eyes. To those people, I say, “I’m sorry I’m not a trainwreck.”…
You often hear of people seeking a “fresh start,” a new beginning in an area of their life where they just need to try again, to start over. We have all made mistakes in areas where we wish we could go back and erase past errors and hurts. This of course is impossible, but what we are given every 24 hours is a new day, and there is power in a new day…
