Love + Relationships

It was a quiet, tearful drive to the Dallas airport. I felt my husband driving slower, just trying to prolong the inevitable. In a few short hours, he would be boarding a flight back to Germany where he would...

A few years ago we would only share this with our closest friends: we don't celebrate Christmas. We eased our families into our decision not to participate in the tradition. I still decorated for the first couple of years of...

My heart sinks every time someone tells me stories of how wonderful their relationship with their mother is. I would give anything to be able to say the same. I don’t have memories of closeness with my mother. I...

This post is part of our True Life series where OKC moms are sharing real trials & tribulations they have gone through as mothers, as wives, and as women.  It's been said that emotional abuse is like a frog in...

It may not be the most PC way to say it, but it's true: Co-Parenting sucks - being stuck working together with someone you used to love is honestly the pits. Images of a father and a stepfather both doting...

While you may not want to think about it, the fact is that very often women outlive their husbands. According to Women’s Institute for a Secure Retirement, 80% of men die married, but 80% of women die SINGLE. Some women...

Hi, my name is Carrie and my husband and I haven't been out since our daughter was born. Well that's not technically true, we've been to two weddings, thanks to our friends who have two kids that have each...

Hey, babe. It's February. The month of love. And I see that look in your eyes as you come home from another long day at work. You drop your bags and shrug off your coat, then move immediately toward the shelter...

My husband has struggled with depression for most of his life. It’s not unique to our marriage or even his adulthood. Early childhood trauma followed by emotional abuse during adolescence and too many moves to count made it difficult...

Motherhood is an exhausting job, yet often one that comes with little recognition for the many tasks required in a single day. • Feed them breakfast • Find shoes, backpacks, and coats • Pack their lunches • Morning carpool drop off • Well-child checkups...

You came into my life when you were 6 years old and now you're 21 years old. I remember when we first met, your Dad and I had been dating for 6 months and we decided that it was...

Friend, I see you, heartbroken and feeling left empty. You put the work into your marriage, believed the best of your spouse, thought things were okay, and yet he ultimately left you and is with someone else. It's not fair. Some...