Thoughts and Other Things

I’m an advocate for premarital counselling because I believe prevention is better than cure. If we can identify common errors that result in troubled marriages, why not address them from the start rather than wait for something to go wrong first? I enjoy getting people married but over the years I’ve grown a concern and desire to also help them stay married. One way which this can be achieved is through premarital counselling which also simultaneously lays a foundation for marital counselling which should continue throughout the life span of the marriage. This post is intended to shed some light on premarital counselling (referred to as PMC from here onwards), bringing understanding what it is and what it is not. Prevention The one purpose of PMC is prevention. This does not refer to preventing problems, that would be impossible. PMC does not fail-proof your marriage, it only assists in identifying red flags which might result in major marital problems. Here are a few comm...

2019 has started of on level 100 of adulting. Like every single day since this year started I’m looking for the pause button so I can lower the difficulty. After deputy parenting and managing a household for a whole month, I thought February would cut me some slack, but that aint happening either so I’m determined to write for the next hour regardless of what duties call for me. This morning was one of my favourite kind of mornings, assembly morning. I don’t know why but there’s just a kick I get from ministering at schools, different from any other platform. They were a bit rowdy this morning until I told them we were going to talk about love, then I had their attention. I don’t know what it is with teenagers and relationships, but whatever it is, I’m just glad it got them listening. There’s a truth I’ve been sitting with since last year about the subject: love is in a way confined to time. “There is a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace.” Ecc...