by skimhenson | Mar 25, 2016 | emotions, listening and talking, marriage
“The aim of an argument, or of a discussion, should not be victory, but progress.” Joseph Joubert I’ve seldom let anyone inside one of our arguments. They are too painful even if we say it’s about hair, which this one was. Of course, hair is not what escalates...
by skimhenson | Feb 25, 2016 | getting your own life, marriage, relationships
“Life has taught us that love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking together in the same direction.” Antoine De Saint-Exupery For a man to complete me, he’d have to weigh a ton, which reminds me of Sawyer Brown’s song, 800 Pound Jesus. Prince...
by skimhenson | Jan 28, 2016 | awareness and action, depression, listening and talking, making a difference, marriage, relationships
“People lose their way when they lose their why.” Gail Hyatt In the series, Finish Your Book in 2016, author Jerry B. Jenkins talks about finding our “why.” He asks, “What truly matters to you?” It seems I’ve known since I was a little girl that relationships...
by skimhenson | Aug 4, 2014 | acceptance, marriage, pain
I’ve spent nearly a decade grappling with Dad’s death and with the death of thoughts that I had control over my now 36-year marriage. Both losses left me feeling lifeless. When friends said grief takes time, I nodded. However, I knew this was more than being sad that...
by skimhenson | Jun 9, 2012 | hope, marriage, miracles happening, relationships, relationships, family stories
My husband John and I were attracted to each other kind of like moths to fire. He liked that I was quiet, and that my family sat in silence around the kitchen table, listening to each other’s forks scrape the plates. I liked that he was loud, and that his family was...