by Ramona Zabriskie | Oct 12, 2017 | Building a Relationship, Caring for Yourself, Creating Your Own Happiness, Identifying the Problems, Maintaining Your Vision, Managing Conflict, Preventing Conflict, Rectifying the Wrongs
“If women were convinced that a day off or an hour of solitude were a reasonable ambition, they would find a way of attaining it. As it is, they feel …
by Ramona Zabriskie | Jul 18, 2017 | Building a Friendship, Building a Partnership, Grand Marriages, Increasing Unity, Keeping the Magic, Leaving a Legacy
I was listening to Nat King Cole’s “Too Young” this week, and the lyrics zinged me: They try to tell us we’re too young Too young to really be in …
by Ramona Zabriskie | Jul 12, 2017 | Identifying the Problems, Managing Conflict, Preventing Conflict, Rectifying the Wrongs, Uncovering the Reasons
On our first night in Honolulu (we’d been married five years), we had dinner at an outdoor table at a Waikiki Beach restaurant. It was the beginning—and the end—of a …
by Ramona Zabriskie | May 25, 2017 | Helping Him Open Up, Identifying the Problems, Preventing Conflict, Uncovering the Reasons, Understanding Men
In a recent Wife for Life University class, a student excitedly reported a breakthrough conversation she had recently shared with her husband. I asked what she had learned from the …
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 …