There are very few certainties that touch us all in this mortal experience, but one of the absolutes is that we will experience hardship and stress at some point.

Don't marry the person you think you can live with; marry only the individual you think you can't live without.

Sometimes we're so concerned about giving our children what we never had growing up, we neglect to give them what we did have growing up.

Children are not casual guests in our home. They have been loaned to us temporarily for the purpose of loving them and instilling a foundation of values on which their future lives will be built.

I'm certain that most couples expect to find intimacy in marriage, but it somehow eludes them.

Don't throw away your friendship with your teenager over behavior that has no great moral significance. There will be plenty of real issues that require you to stand like a rock. Save your big guns for those crucial confrontations.