by Shelia Shook | Aug 31, 2021 | Embrace Life
Don’t you just love a new notebook? The fresh pages are enticing. When school starts back after a long free, active, and hot summer, the structure of school calls us to get organized. Even when you aren’t in school anymore, it’s refreshing just to see the school...
by Shelia Shook | Jul 14, 2021 | Embrace Life
Do you consider yourself priviledged? Last September, my granddaughter and I were discussing the political and racial climate of our country. Our chaotic world. The injustice toward blacks, the protests, and violent riots. I told her I understood the protests,...
by Shelia Shook | Nov 8, 2020 | Embrace Life
Why do we say hurtful things to our spouse that we would never say to a stranger? We are supposed to love and respect our spouses, not tear them down. Whether to build ourselves up or to defend our own actions, blame and defensiveness is not the way to honor marriage....
by Shelia Shook | Oct 31, 2020 | Embrace Life
Is your marriage a Covenant Marriage? When you promised to have and to hold, etcetera, etcetera, did you really mean till death? Every marriage should be a Covenant Marriage, but only three states in the USA: Arkansas, Arizona and Louisiana actually issue a Covenant...
by Shelia Shook | Aug 20, 2020 | Embrace Life
Do you find yourself being critical of your spouse? I don’t mean to imply with this blog that my relationship with Bill is perfect. Far from it. But we do love each other and so we work around our disagreements. For instance, Bill likes to build, and I’ve got a thing...
by Shelia Shook | May 3, 2020 | Embrace Life
FIFTY Ways to Keep Your Lover How to Survive and Thrive Fifty Years of Ardent Marriage My husband and I recently celebrated our Fiftieth wedding anniversary. I can remember when I thought couples who had made it fifty years were old. But hey, we aren’t old at all. Are...
