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National Single and Unmarried Americans Week

By ⋅ September 22, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Did you know that it is the National Single and Unmarried American’s Week?  Neither did I until I learned it from the New York Times!  They believe that it’s a shame that we push people into marriage.  Personal experience tells me that people in general don’t seem to have that problem. The value of marriage [...]

What Does It Mean To Be Dad?

By ⋅ December 20, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Rubbing my oldest son’s head last night, as he went to sleep for his first night as an eight year old, my thoughts wandered—am I really the dad that I want to be? Each of us watches our parents and grandparent (and sometimes other people’s parents) and we observe what we like and do not [...]

Promoting Marriage, Strengthening the Next Generation while Lowering Unemployment

By ⋅ March 1, 2009 ⋅ 3 comments

Government is a really great entity for coming  up with ideas.  Government believes that they are the answer to every problem, and most of the time (or so it seems) they think more about today’s problem then what will happen tomorrow, or the unintended consequences of their solution. I mean, who else plans to spend [...]

You and Your Wife are Incompatible

By ⋅ June 19, 2008 ⋅ 4 comments

As husbands and wives we must remember what brought us together, and what we bring to the table.  That’s why it’s important to remember that… 2. You and Your Wife are Incompatible. By that I do not mean that you do not work well together.  What I mean is that the two of you are [...]

How to Show Your Finances Who is Boss

By ⋅ June 14, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

One of the hardest things about easy credit is not spending money.  Somewhere, lurking in the back of your mind is a voice that only speaks when they see something that they want and that you cannot afford.  It tells you that there’s extra money in an account.  It helps you justify going against your [...]

She’s Having Twins– How far along?

By ⋅ April 16, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Here’s a family friend who moved away.  Her oldest son is 6 months younger than our oldest.  She’s having twins, but is facing some complications.  First off, she has placenta previa.  And if that doesn’t make it complicated, she’s due at the end of May but is on bed rest in the Hospital because they [...]

What Did You Miss?

By ⋅ April 16, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Each of us who are parents have to make many decisions every day, but one of them is critical: who will raise them? I do not believe the current culture that tells us that we have to send our children to day care because we have to have two incomes.  And I think it’s a [...]

All in the Family

By ⋅ March 14, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

We have come a long way in America.  Especially when it comes to equality, and yet I’m not sure if all of the advances that we have made have been positive. For one thing, the family as a unit is in shambles.  Marriage has been devalued to the point that people are asking “why get [...]

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