Author Archives: Lori

Mental Health Awareness Month – May

Illness shows up in many forms.  Your spouse may be struggling with a chronic silent physical illness – Lupus, Crohn’s Disease, Diabetes, etc.  Or a mental illness.  Regardless of the disease your day-to-day living is impacted.  Disease rearranges finances, relationships … Continue reading

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Encouraging Words: Bless

We live in the south – the south-eastern USA. Though we’re not born southerners, we relish the nuances that make southern living unique. First, there’s the weather!  Sunshine.  There’s great southern food. Yum!  The abundance of flowers and flowering bushes … Continue reading

Words to Encourage

An “Outcome” Question

Do you practice the essence of encouragement? When your spouse spends time with you – does he or she feel better and happier? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ About the creator of the doodle – Stephanie Ackerman: My heart just jumped up and cheered … Continue reading

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Entering Your Day: Being deliberately & reverently married.

“Therefore marriage is not to be entered into unadvisedly or lightly, but reverently, deliberately, and in accordance with the purposes for which it was instituted by God.” I’ve begun reading John & Stasi Eldridge’s book Love & War:  Find your … Continue reading

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Book Review: You Are a Writer

I love to learn.  Well – if I’m being candid, then I’d say I love to learn in certain areas.  Relationships, marriage, encouragement, writing, history, and other sundries.  (math, economics and finance are not one of these topics – I’m … Continue reading

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