By Bev and Phil Haas Last year Oprah Winfrey told Barbara Walters, “I chose to not have children because it’s the ultimate sacrifice.” She went on to talk about how the path she chose let her accomplish her career aspirations. My husband and I are beginning to talk about having a child, and I’m wondering […]
Blending Families Successfully
We are beginning to blend two families into one. This is much harder than either of us anticipated. Do you have any suggestions on how our families can successfully blend? Blended families make up almost 40 percent of all families in America. We are pretty sure that most of them were not prepared for the […]
Bedroom Confessions
By Bev and Phil Haas I realize this may sound somewhat selfish, but my needs are not being met in my marriage. I’m starting to wonder if my needs are even important to my spouse. I’ve been trying to meet her needs, but I’m not sure what to do next. Our son, Brian, is on […]
A Resolution Worth Keeping
By Bev and Phil Haas Every year my husband and I make a few New Year’s resolutions. One that tops our list every year is to have more fun and less stress. But we rarely make it out of January before our resolutions fall by the wayside. I’d like to actually keep our resolution about […]
Enjoying Family Time
By Bev and Phil Haas I’m looking forward to the upcoming holidays. The main reason is that our family will actually get to spend some unstructured time together. However, I don’t want to depend on holidays to enjoy being together. Any suggestions on how we can make this more of a regular part of […]