Happiness is a Quiet Lover

Happiness is a Quiet Lover

When my first child was born, a certain quote became very important to me. I found it in a stash of newspaper clippings in a box of odds and ends that was passed to me after my grandmother died. I had this little clipping for years, but in my first year of motherhood,...
Do You Really Know Your Spouse?

Do You Really Know Your Spouse?

A few years ago, there was a Facebook fad going around. It was a friend quiz called “How Well Do You Know Me?” After miserably failing the tests of several of my closest friends, I sent my own in return. To my gratification, they also failed. So all was fair in...
The Soul Mate Fantasy

The Soul Mate Fantasy

By David Beasley Three years before his death, David wrote an e-mail about his concern over the cultural idea of finding a “soul mate” to marry. This article was adapted from that email. I don’t believe that society’s definition of “soul mate” is healthy or spiritual....