Happily Ever After: Balancing Expectations and Reality in Marriage Satisfaction in life corresponds to the degree of difference between people’s expectations and the reality that life serves up. Can we as Christian wives live “happily ever after” if we can learn to better balance expectations and reality? We can certainly increase our contentment by lowering expectations, improving our current situation, and increasing the amount of quality time we spend with our husbands. Combining practical helps with supporting Scripture, I encourage you to adapt these principles to your individual marriage situation.
Home Fires: How to Keep Sparks of Passion in Your Marriage I share age-old secrets, such as identifying and meeting your spouse’s needs, speaking to your spouse in his love language, and making your husband a priority over your children. An added bonus: practical tips for dating your husband when you have preschoolers and tight budgets!
If Mama Ain’t Happy: On Finding Balance & Contentment Balance? What’s that? Contentment? Yeah, right—maybe when the kids are grown. Does hubby wonder why you greet him with irritation or indifference on a good night? Because you have the most difficult job on earth and nobody seems to care. I address specific areas of discontent and how to improve attitudes about the job of motherhood. Watch out, though; this talk requires work—both introspection and action—on your part.
Praying for Your Husband Based on the best-selling book by Stormie Omartian, I share both the methodology and practicality of implementing daily prayer for husbands. I also discuss the importance of and benefits from this seemingly simple action to the marriage relationship.