Laura’s Strengthening Marriage Blog

Criticism is a poison that sours relationships. When things aren’t going well in a marriage, that tends to be the time we are most likely to throw every complaint we’ve got at our spouse when instead it’s encouragement and a search for what’s good that is more likely to affect positive changes in behavior. It’s funny how we mistakenly think we can berate and belittle our spouses into behaving better.

It seems to be the universal longing out there for the other person to change. “If only they would do this…” “If only they would change that…” “If only they…” the list goes on!
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“And They Were Not Ashamed” Softcover Book only $12! (reg $17.95)

We’ve put together an incredible special offer because we’re serious about strengthening marriages intimately! For a limited time, the softcover book “And They Were Not Ashamed — Strengthening Marriage through Sexual Fulfillment” will be just $12. Yes, you read that right…$12. (Regular price is $17.95.) Read the rest of this entry »

Bless his heart, my youngest son recently told me that he thought I was nicer when I was first married. (Now how would he know, since he wasn’t even born yet?) Apparently he came to this conclusion from watching our wedding video.

My first thought was, “Well, smarty pants, that’s what happens when you have kids. They turn perfectly good adults into ogres!”

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Hello Everyone!

I wanted to create this post as an area where people can post their own questions and comments and receive responses from all of you — beyond what few comments I may be able to provide due to time constraints. I want to make it easy for everyone to post and/or respond to the questions and comments people have about the topics of marriage, sex, intimacy and related parenting issues. This is the place to build a community of people who want to learn how to strengthen marriages and families!

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