by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Apr 5, 2017 | Marriage
How can you develop healthy relationships with the opposite sex BEFORE you get married? Our relationships with men in our family of origin–fathers, grandfathers, brothers, uncles–plays such a strong role in how strong our marriages will be later. I had...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jul 21, 2016 | Family
Our relationships with our fathers follow us into marriage. And many of us have virtually no relationship with our dad–because we’ve decided that it’s better that way. There’s no doubt that sometimes it is–when there’s abuse or...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Aug 28, 2008 | Tough Marriage Situations
I’ve been thinking about growing up without a father a lot lately because in my extended family divorces are breaking out like acne on a 14-year-old. It’s not pretty. I was 2 when my father left, and I really don’t know him well. He lived on the...