When I was almost 40 and had been married for nearly 10 years, with three preschoolers and a teenager, it dawned on me that I …
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The Value of Grandparents
When I was a kid, I admired my parents and vowed to be an involved, caring, loving parent like them. Well, now I am a …
Read More »Is Divorce a Solution?
“For I hate divorce!” says the LORD, the God of Israel (Malachi 2:16, NLT). God hates it, and I think most of us agree that …
Read More »Dying with Dignity
Dr. Death (Jack Kevorkian) made headlines in the 1980s with his beliefs about euthanasia. In a 1998 article, he admitted to helping more than 130 …
Read More »Discovering My ADD
“Earth to Vanessa!” my second-grade reading teacher said in a loud, mocking tone. I think she had said it once already after asking me a …
Read More »Dependent On Porn
Dear Nancy: My husband and I enjoyed sex until he reached his fortieth birthday. Then he said he felt “old and not able to perform as …
Read More »Raising Girls
Nearly everyone agrees with Maurice Chevalier as he begins to sing, “Thank heaven for little girls…” But it’s the next few lines of the song …
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Dear Nancy: I am a single mother with four children, all boys, ages 14, 12, eight, and six. I need counsel on how to raise them …
Read More »Love Your Neighbor
Many years ago, I lived in a small Eskimo village called Gambell, Alaska. Gambell is on an island in the middle of the Bering Sea, …
Read More »Pruned by the Father
I should know better than to question my father. His perspective always seems to be a lot better than my own. My father has a …
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