A person has many experiences before they get married. Each person going into a marriage relationship has eighteen plus years of memories (both good and bad), victories, failures, heartaches, etc., and those events and circumstances shape us into who we become. Although we can overcome difficult things from our past, it is typically not as easy as simply deciding, "This won't bother me anymore." Most of the time deep-seated hurts, or even delusions of grandeur instilled in a person by his or her family, take a good deal of effort and time to work through. When you marry someone, you’re … [Read more...]

When I was a child, I thought I was a pretty nice person. People complemented me for being polite. When kids were being picked on during recess, I took up for the underdog. There was even a time I was voted a "natural helper" in middle school because my classmates felt comfortable coming to me with their problems. Yes, I thought I was truly a selfless person. When I reached my teens, I had people come to me for advice, which I loved! Some of those people were my parents' age, which made me feel so mature. It seemed that I was always giving of myself to others. Then, I got married.... Nothing … [Read more...]