Entries by Jessie Wiegand

Your Spouse Comes First, Even if You Have Kids

Read Time: 4 minutes

Three Things I’ve Learned After 25 Years of Marriage: Part One This may seem odd, but I don’t really like giving marital advice. In order to give advice, you need to be thought of as someone who has attained a certain level of expertise on the subject at hand. In […]

What to Do When Your Partner Becomes Someone Different

Read Time: 5 minutes

“They Said You’d Never Change” I can clearly hear the voices in my head of multiple women saying: “Don’t think you’re gonna change him, honey!” “If he’s like that now, he’ll always be that way.” “Once a [blank], always a [blank]. People don’t change!” While these well-meaning and sometimes cautionary […]

When Your Partner is Grieving

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Walking Through the Valley of the Shadow Together If you’re together for any length of time, walking through a season of grief with your partner is inevitable. Depending on the nature of your partner’s relationship with the deceased, the season could involve weeks, months, or years of working through the […]

The Prayer of St. Francis for Couples

Read Time: 6 minutes

When looking for advice on handling marital conflict, sometimes the answer is in the simplest place. It may be a single line of scripture, [And] be kind to one another, compassionate, forgiving one another as God has forgiven you in Christ. – Ephesians 4:32 …or a question from your 4-year-old, […]

Confession Isn’t Just for Your Priest

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If there’s something in your past you haven’t revealed to your partner, it may seem like it’s not that important. Especially if you’ve made it from dating to engagement or even marriage without telling them. However, keeping secrets, even little ones, can erode the foundation of an otherwise strong relationship. […]

Resting Your Mind – How Mothers Can Calm Their Inner Voices

Read Time: 3 minutes

Juggling the duties of stay-at-home-motherhood can be overwhelming at times, but there are many ways moms can find refuge to rest their minds, recover from busyness, and develop their personal spirituality. Moms face a lot of judgment and criticism, and most of it comes from their own inner voices.  Your […]