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No Catholic wants to become a divorce statistic. People marry because they believe they will defy the odds. Why else would they challenge not only Catholic but overall divorce rates? They do this because they believe in true love. They believe in the Sacrament of Matrimony. They believe that God is the author of marriage…

Seems like a juicy column, right? I’m guessing my high school friends are hoping it is. The teenage years! What a ride! I knew even back then I didn’t want to grow up. Only, even I was smart enough to realize that at least in the area of relationships – I needed to! My high…

My Catholic mother wanted to teach me about love. She wanted desperately to keep her marriage together. To show me an example of beautifully, in-love parents. When it became unabashedly clear that she could not… My mother taught me a different lesson about love. In some ways, an even more remarkable love. My Mother taught…

I am proud to have grown up an Irish, Catholic. I think this is how most of us feel about our heritage and our faith. I always knew that I wanted to marry another Catholic. I remember the first column that I wrote several years ago The 3 Things That Ended My Marriage. I realized…

I chose to believe that my dad didn’t really have that large of an influence in my life. After all, he left when I was only five years old. The good news? A really great dad improves a girl’s chance of succeeding at a good relationship. The bad news? A not so great dad decreases…

Divorce a cheater and society will tell you they hate them. Divorce an addict and society will wonder how you stayed so long. Divorce an abuser and society will tell you that you should have left long ago. Divorce a narcissist and society will tell you that you are crazy. One of the greatest angsts…

When we believe people love us it stands to reason that we believe they care about us. Sadly, there are numerous ways that people who SAY they love us, SHOW us that they do not care about us. The question begs, how is that possible? How could someone who loves us not care about us?…

I am having lunch with my friend. I will call her “J. Law.” As a nod to the actress Jennifer Lawrence and her unbridled spirit. I am ready to lend a sympathetic ear, pass her a napkin, buy her a drink – ANYTHING to ease the pain of a cheating spouse! I’m ready to cry.…

I say hello to a friend of mine. “Hey,” he says back to me. He’s a cheerful guy so I wonder why he is so low key this morning. “Everything okay?” I ask. “We all got problems, right?” he responds. I nod my head in agreement. “Some days it’s hard to hide the unhappy,” I…

Healthy relationships involve two strong individuals. One person should not allow themselves to become permanently weaker than the other. It creates an imbalance and a loss of control in one’s life. Life is a journey of ups and downs and highs and lows. There will inevitably be weak periods in any individual’s life. That is…
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