-
Joy Is a Choice: Being Joyful in the Bible
I love Barefoot Contessa. Her cooking is top-notch, and I just want to be in the kitchen alongside her chatting, laughing, and making roast chicken and lemon bars. And her relationship with her adorable hubby, Jeffrey? Can you say Relationship Goals? If you don’t know who she is, her actual name is Ina Garten, and Barefoot Contessa is the name of the specialty food store she opened in New York. She subsequently catapulted herself to success with numerous bestselling cookbooks and a show on Food Network. One of her cookbooks is named “Back To Basics.” Even cooks at Ina Garten’s level recognize the need to execute the basics well. I…
-
Being Faithful in a Relationship: What Ari Mahler the Jewish Pittsburgh Nurse Teaches Us
On October 27, 2018, Robert Bowers was charged with the Tree of Life massacre. He had walked into The Tree of Life Synagogue in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh with an AR-15 and three handguns yelling “All Jews must die! Death to the Jews!” And tragically, eleven did. Robert Bowers was critically injured and transported to Pittsburgh’s Allegheny General Hospital for treatment. He continued his verbal rampage at the hospital’s ER department. I can’t even imagine that scene. Here’s how the President of the hospital, Dr. Jeff Cohen of Allegheny General, described it. He’s Jewish by the way. This heart-rending story received worldwide coverage, but what happened next…
-
How to Show Your Partner Unconditional Love
In July of 1961, the Green Bay Packers football team was gathered for the first day of training camp. The previous season had ended with a painful defeat when they threw away a lead late in the 4th quarter and lost the NFL Championship to the Philadelphia Eagles. The off-season was brutal, and the players were looking forward to focusing on new things they could do to help them win a championship. Their coach, Vince Lombardi, had a different idea. “Gentlemen,” he said, holding a pigskin in his right hand, “this is a football.” Lombardi was coaching a group of professional athletes who had come within minutes the previous season of…
-
Dear Younger Me
Today, Bobby and I celebrate our 30th wedding anniversary. According to statistics, we have entered a unique, exclusive club: one for couples whose marriages have not only lasted longer than most, but have become even stronger as the years went by. Through every single year of our marriage, people have commented on our strong physical connection and affection toward one another. In the earlier years of our marriage, after people would tell us to get a room (yep, that’s where the blog name comes from), they inevitably would follow it up with “Well, just wait until you’ve been married ___ years.” Wow…thanks for the insight. It was truly disconcerting to hear this over…
