DR. MARGARET JAMAL WRITES… Today, I woke up and realized that once again my husband had arisen earlier than me. I searched the room to quickly find him sitting in a chair near the window with his laptop computer on his lap and wearing his reading glasses. He smiled at me and said, “good morning…
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Couples Coping with Bad Child Behavior
DR. MARGARET JAMAL WRITES… Many of us may remember the critical moments before giving birth to a long awaited child. But do we remember our thoughts, prayers, wishes and dreams concerning that child? We want our new baby to be healthy and beautiful. We even plan to count the toes and fingers. Yet how many…
The Impact of Unemployment on Marriages
DR. MARGARET JAMAL WRITES… Can you guess what the men all have in common in the following movies: John Q, Cinderella Man, The Jacksons (An American Dream), Selena and The Pursuit of Happyness? The answer is that each of these men had to face the reaction of their wives from their being unemployed. Of all…
Intimacy Beyond Sexual Abuse
DR. MARGARET JAMAL WRITES… For years, my family would refer to me as the one “who smells everything.” From smelling my food before eating it to being able to find the source of foul odors, I have been the one to call. I finally realized that my keen sense of smell was directly linked to…
Who Should Define Marriage?
DR. MARGARET JAMAL WRITES… After scanning recent headlines concerning same-sex marriage, one that caused considerable discussion included the following statement, “Obama also called for repealing the Defense of Marriage Act, a federal law that defines marriage as being between a man and a woman.” This discussion led me to simply pose the questions, 1) Who really…
I Do Me 2 Couples Challenge #4. Guess how your spouse would answer the Trust Quiz.
This challenge is inviting couples to see how well they know how their spouses feel about trust issues in a marriage. Each couple will take the How Much Can You Trust Your Spouse? Quiz answering the questions the way they think their spouses would answer. In other words, wives answer the questions the way they think…
Broken Trust-How much time is needed to fix it?
DR. MARGARET JAMAL WRITES…LISTEN TO AUDIO READING During a recent live broadcast of our I Do Me 2 Blog Talk Radio (BTR) show, one of our regulars who was in our chat room typed about how trust impacts forgiveness and even sexual relations. After more discussion, my husband and I realized that this topic really…
FORGIVENESS IN MARRIAGE
CLICK TO LISTEN TO OUR ONLINE DISCUSSION INCLUDING THIS TOPIC. Call in number to join us Tuesday night at 8:30 PM CST is (213) 943-3673. NOTE: We will resume the Top 10 Reasons for staying Married blogs, but because of so much that we have been hearing, witnessing and experiencing about forgiveness in marriage, we thought…
I Do Me2 Couple’s Challenge #3- Write a Little Marriage Prayer
You may remember the song “I Say a Little Prayer for You” written by Burt Bacharach. I just listened to the version song by Aretha Franklin introduced by someone that might bring back some old memories. Anyway, the challenge is for couples to work together to write a short Marriage Prayer that can be framed and…
I Do Me 2 Couples Challenge #2 –Putting love into Action –
How well do you know what love means to your spouse? The #2 I Do Me2 Couples Challenge is for each of you to write down at least one way to “show love” to your spouse. You must try to think of something that your spouse would agree is proof or evidence of your love. 2)…
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