Dying Inside

I love him still so much and I'm so depressed and I don't know what to do. Please for the sake of God help me, I am dying inside. A beautiful middle-aged woman is crying with her face in her hand.

Friends, we have one of our beautiful sisters who is literally begging for our help! You can read her question below (edited for readability), along with my personal response, but she is also asking for advice from our community. Please help her by giving her any advice that you can offer in the comments. Her [...]

The Turning Point

There comes a time in all relationships that is a turning point, a time when you realized that you have to make a change. The road sign says turning point just ahead.

There comes a time in everyone's life when something happens that causes you to re-evaluate the path you're on. A crisis of sorts, to set a change in motion to lead you to a different path, to get you to stop and take notice of what is and isn't working. This turning point will look [...]

3 Ways to Know He's a Keeper

Three ways to know he's a keeper.

All too often we overlook the three most important essentials of a real relationship. Looking back, it seems so obvious to me.  Of all the qualities I was looking for in a guy, of all my “must haves” on my quest for finding Mr. Right, I didn’t pay nearly enough attention to the three things that [...]

Dress Rehearsal

Dating is the dress rehearsal for marriage

I remember how sad I was when I first heard the news from my best friend.  She told me she was getting divorced. You might remember her – she was my married friend who I, single and so very alone, would often spend Christmas with, wishing I had her perfect life.  Her life so complete, [...]

Part II: If I knew then what I know now...

...I wouldn’t think that finding him (and keeping him) was about using some magic formula, or playing games or uncovering some secret. I would know that it’s about being real, honest, and authentic; without the games, the acting, the manipulating and the pretending.  I've officially read enough books and articles about the search for Mr. Right [...]

The Things We Do For Love

Why do we pretend to be what we aren't in the name of love

Why we do them, no one knows.  But if we think it’s love, we’ll try it. Because they’re into skiing and we want to do things with them and we just know it’ll be easy to pick it up. No, no, no. Do not do this. I learned this one the hard way. And ended [...]