By: Greg Winkler | 2010-06-01 | Writing & Speaking Toenail Clippings "Have I told you that some of the things you do just bug the hell out of me?" I''d seen this sitcom before and heard that line, or something very similar to it, uttered a few dozen times. read more
By: Carl Megill | 2010-06-02 | Writing & Speaking I saw my first robin of Spring yesterday...two guys held up a Seven-Eleven. (Rim shot.) But, yes, it is Spring and that means bright sunshine, colorful flowers and a young man''s fancy turns to...baseball. Just kidding. I mean, love. And what follows love, but engagements. read more
By: Ariel Stephens | 2010-05-30 | Writing & Speaking Greg and I had been married almost 2 years when we found out we were expecting. Though incredibly thrilled, we both worked full time jobs, devoted time to ministries at church, and Greg was pursing a promotion that would aid more financially once the baby arrived. read more
By: PS Gifford | 2010-06-01 | Writing & Speaking The Great Shoe Caper This is a true account, none of the names or facts have been changed to protect the innocent, as there were no actual innocents involved. It was an incredible ten years ago it all happened, almost exactly to today''s date. read more
By: Shelly Payne | 2010-06-04 | Writing & Speaking At 7:50AM, I gave my husband a hug and a kiss in the cold winter air, while he stood outside of my packed-to-capacity little car, preparing to drive approximately one jillion miles to his new job. I will be making the trip myself in a couple of months. read more
By: Fegger | 2010-05-31 | Writing & Speaking Fegger: The Psychiatrist''s Nightmare It began as such an innocent interaction. She meant no harm in what she had said; and her words became self-empowering as she sincerely believed that a course of professional intervention was necessary. read more
By: Stacy Verdick Case | 2010-06-03 | Writing & Speaking At Least Hell Is Warm Since the day The Hubster and I announced our engagement the subject of our religious differences comes up a lot. The Hubster is Catholic and I''m a heretic Lutheran. read more
By: Geoff Lowe | 2010-06-02 | Divorce Couples who stay together usually share the same sense of humour. And if they like the same kinds of things, and like looking at each other, it looks as though they''ll end up looking like each other. It''s relatively easy to understand what makes married couples drift apart. read more
By: JUSTD | 2010-06-03 | Writing & Speaking UNDERWEAR There are times in a relationship where things can be strained, either in a marriage or read more
By: Humor Hero | 2010-06-04 | Writing & Speaking Marriage is scary for most men. I know why. It''s the idea of permanence. Once you get married, you read more
By: Marilyn Wilke Ramone | 2010-06-02 | Writing & Speaking children, so when I met him, knowing he already three children by a previous marriage , I knew we could read more
By: Samantha J. Adkins | 2010-05-31 | Writing & Speaking to observe weddings and marriages , especially as a clergyman''s daughter. These observations likely read more
By: Angela Blair | 2010-05-29 | Writing & Speaking Lynn and John''s 15-year marriage had begun deteriorating three years earlier, after John''s affair read more
By: Alan Richards | 2010-06-04 | Writing & Speaking After renting for the first seven years of our marriage , the wife and I decided that our rent money read more
By: Angela Blair | 2010-05-29 | Writing & Speaking The words Humor and Mother have forever been synonomous to me and my two younger brothers. Our read more
By: Lloyd Freestone | 2010-06-04 | Writing & Speaking Humor in Pain I don''t know when it started, but I laugh at pain and I have for a long time. I read more
By: AJ Mullins | 2010-06-03 | Writing & Speaking Shakespeare''s Dark Comedy William Shakespeare was a master of catharsis in his tragic plays, bringing readers and audiences to their own feelings of grief as they sympathized with the characters. read more