by mcl | Jun 1, 2015 | Columns, Let's Talk It Over, Relationships
By Charles A. Boudreaux, EdD, LMFT, LPC As I sat in our sunroom and watched the bluebirds check out our birdhouse, I rejoiced when they chose it to be the home to build their nest! In the days that followed the nest was built, eggs laid, and the mother...
by mcl | May 6, 2015 | Columns, Modern Motherhood, Relationships
By Tara Dowden It was Easter Sunday. My husband, Landon, had already headed to church in prayer and preparation for the service. I had four little people dressed, had brushed four sets of teeth, fixed hair, and found four sets of matching shoes in the depths of four...
by mcl | May 4, 2015 | Columns, Let's Talk It Over, Relationships
By Mollie Meeks I recently read that life is 10 percent what happens to you and 90 percent how you respond to it. When contemplating this, I thought about an 18-year-old friend of our family, Anna Hill, who has been battling ovarian cancer this year, her senior year...
by mcl | May 4, 2015 | Columns, Corporate to Crayons, Relationships
By Betsy Bailey After almost eight years in the medical device world, I decided to retire to be a stay-at-home mom. In 2014, I had a miscarriage, lost my father to cancer, and also had a baby who spent her first two weeks of life in the NICU at Le Bonheur Children’s...
by mcl | Apr 12, 2015 | Columns, Let's Get Real, Relationships
By CAROLYN TOMLIN Five-year-old “Stephen” couldn’t wait until his next birthday. And who could blame him? On his fifth special day, his grandparents gave him a pony. On the fourth birthday, it was an above the ground swimming pool. Rolling her eyes, Stephen’s...
by mcl | Apr 7, 2015 | Columns, Let's Talk It Over, Relationships
By Laurel Boyd, MA, LMFT, LPC One common thing that emerges in counseling sessions (both for individuals and in marriage counseling) is a deep need for connection. Actually, aside from knowing Jesus, I believe the deepest need humans have is for love and connection....
