The man who listens to an angry woman…

A Navy buddy of mine posted this meme and, although funny and true, I also see a need for guys—especially those who are pre-marriage age—to learn they don’t have to fear this… After almost 22 years, I now invite my Love to vent and willingly absorb her anger and frustrations because it’s my role to…

Run the play.

I mean, seriously, how many times have you hung out with a buddy, played golf, built something, did something together and hardly a word was spoken?

You deserve the best

I saw this… …on a friend’s Facebook Timeline and knew I had to save this for you.I lub you.-Dad It Matters Whom You Marry My husband and I were once with a youth group. There were three kids sitting across from us at a meal: two guys and a girl. The one guy was a…

Is this for real?

So I’m lying in bed. Can’t sleep. A couple hours earlier, I was whispering in my wife’s ear that I loved her. Affirming her as my beloved. Thanking her for completing me. Then  once again, I said, I love you. Inside my head, this voice says, Why? What do you mean, why? I responded back…

Man of the House

  Are you the man of the house? When you go to church on Sunday, do you return home with a load of spiritual nourishment for your family to survive on for the week? You should. You’re the priest of your home. Yeah… you. There are a lot of titles you hold because of your…

Taming the creature of habit…

After X number of years of marriage, are you operating in habit mode? Have you stopped to check to and see if you’ve really been doing what you need to or are you assuming everything’s okay because it feels okay from your perspective?

Listening is loving.

Why is it that we as husbands find it easy to listen to a customer, yet quickly become impatient when our wives are talking? The quick answer is that we value our customers’ money. But what does that say about how we value our wives? Ouch.

Three things…

At this moment, you are all alone reading this…
So man up.