It seems as though there has been quite a bit of focus on families in our society lately. I have noticed in the last 5 to 10 years that Las Vegas has shifted to a "Family Friendly" destination. Their degree of family friendliness may still be questionable to some. Here's a few more examples: Disney introduced a successful cruise line entirely focused on families, conference centers and hotels are working to make family events affordable, churches instituting small groups & a plethora of advertising directed toward families regarding vehicles, vacations, movies and more. So what is all the hype...     Continue Reading | Leave Comment

I compared car maintenance to marriage maintenance in the yesterday's blog and would like to continue understanding some of obstacles and solutions to maintenance. I talked about riding my car tires down until the steel belts started to show, basically I refused to answer the question why maintain? With all areas of our life that need maintenance that is the basic question to start with... and with my car but definitely my marriage I have arrived at this solution: Why maintain? because I understand the value of upkeep, keeping it new, and running well...     Continue Reading | Leave Comment

I don't know about you, but I hate spending time or money on my car maintenance even though I know it is necessary. I don't like scheduling the time or spending the money so I put it off for as long as possible, sometimes until it becomes dangerous. As an example I didn't change my tires until the steel belts started to show through then realized how dangerous it was when driving my family in wet weather and losing control for just a slight moment. After that I didn't care how much it cost or what I needed to do to make it safe...     Continue Reading | Leave Comment

We both came away from the experience with a totally different outlook toward each other and with life in general...     Continue Reading | Leave Comment