by Joyce Zook | Oct 22, 2021 | Featured
By making your own life more satisfying, you take pressure off your spouse to be your sole source of happiness. ~TEAL SCOTT A few years after we got married, I asked my husband what he wanted from me as a wife. My precious guy thought for a moment, then said,...
by Joyce Zook | Sep 9, 2021 | Featured, Love Your Life, Love Your Marriage
When I asked a friend what the most significant takeaway was for her from the 12 Keys for Marriage success course, she said, “He’s not the problem.” People, including our husbands, respond to our words, comments and actions. But, if we’re cranky, irritable, critical,...
by Joyce Zook | Jul 29, 2021 | Featured, Love Your Life, Love Your Marriage
If Your Anger Gets Out of Control, Try This Fights, or disagreements, as my husband likes to call them, happen in our marriages. But most of us haven’t learned to fight well and bring harmony out of difficult situations. Instead, an argument erupts, then hurtful...
by Joyce Zook | Jul 1, 2021 | Featured, Love Your Life, Love Your Marriage
When he doesn’t do it your way, what do you do? Get angry, yell, threaten, or walk out of the room? I was right, and he was wrong. But he insisted he was right, and I was wrong. The argument got louder and louder until I walked out of the room in weariness. ...
by Joyce Zook | Jun 16, 2021 | Featured, Love Your Life
I felt angry and unhappy when I woke up. Jealousy coursed through my blood. My husband got several new expensive items and planned a hike on the Appalachian Trail with our son. Poor me; I didn’t have a fun vacation on the horizon, nor did I buy myself a pricey...
by Joyce Zook | Apr 25, 2021 | Featured, Love Your Life, Love Your Marriage
When our sons got serious about a girl and thought about marriage, I asked them to consider three situations before they got married Would he still love the girl who was nine months pregnant and no longer the slim trim gal she is now? How about the woman with the flu...