by Ramona Zabriskie | May 10, 2017 | Creating Your Own Happiness, Keeping the Magic, Maintaining Your Vision, Why Marriage
As Song Leader of the Junior Sunday School several years ago, I had the power. “Shall we excuse the three-year-olds early today?” I asked the room full of 4-8 year-olds.…
by Ramona Zabriskie | Mar 31, 2017 | Helping Him Find a Dream, Inspiring Him, Maintaining Your Vision, Surviving the Tough Times, Uncovering the Reasons
When Washington Roebling, builder of New York’s Brooklyn Bridge, became permanently disabled in the execution of his dangerous duties in 18__, his wife, Emily refused to give up on the …
by Ramona Zabriskie | Mar 24, 2017 | Optimize Your Marriage, Prepare for Marriage, Revive Your Marriage, Save Your Marriage, Start Your Marriage
You know what they say: In school, we learn the lessons before we take the test. In life, we take the test before we learn the lessons… She learns and …
by Ramona Zabriskie | Mar 9, 2017 | Building a Partnership, Building a Relationship, Helping Him Open Up, Managing Conflict, Understanding Men
I recently read a report by the Gottman Institute about Dr. Gottman’s long-term study of 130 newlywed couples, in which it was discovered that men who allow their wives to...
by Ramona Zabriskie | Feb 25, 2017 | Best Inspirations, Building a Partnership, Keeping the Magic, Leaving a Legacy, Maintaining Your Vision, Optimize Your Marriage
“I was awoke at 6 o’clock by Mamma …who told me the Archbishop of Canterbury and Lord Conyngham were here and wished to see me. I got out of bed …
by Ramona Zabriskie | Feb 13, 2017 | Generating Real Intimacy, Helping Him Find a Dream, Inspiring Him, Understanding Men
I remember the kiss. I remember the exact kiss, which came fully, passionately, in a tirade of kisses. The difference in this particular kiss was its shocking tenderness, its red-hot …
by Ramona Zabriskie | Feb 10, 2017 | Dating, Generating Real Intimacy, Keeping the Magic, Maintaining Your Vision
By Emily Belnap, Director of Wife for Life University Admissions and Administration. If there’s one thing I’ve learned well from practicing Wife for Life, it’s that women have...
by Ramona Zabriskie | Jan 31, 2017 | Building a Partnership, Identifying the Problems, Preventing Conflict, Recruiting His Help, Understanding Men
My research for Wife for Life: The Power to Succeed in Marriage included interviewing people who had been through divorce. What happened? I asked. Though there was obviously deeper issues …
by Ramona Zabriskie | Jan 19, 2017 | Building a Friendship, Building a Partnership, Building a Relationship, Increasing Unity, Why Marriage
In Wife for Life University this week, one of the topics we discussed was the Wife for Life principle of “The Talent”; the fact that we, as women, have far …
by Ramona Zabriskie | Dec 24, 2016 | Best Inspirations, Wife Support
I hope you enjoy this delightful Wife for Life take on an old classic written by Wife for Life University Director of Admissions and Administration, Emily. Emily is a homemaking, …