How do you show up for your relationships? Are you healthy or crippled? Are you prepared or needy? Are you ready to give or too tired to talk?

Life is relationships; the rest is just details.

Children desperately need to know - and to hear in ways they understand and remember - that they're loved and valued by mom and dad.

A KEY TO BEGIN FORGIVING: Become soft and tender with the person. The first step is to become soft in your mind and spirit. Lower your voice and relax your facial expressions. This reflects honor and humility; and as Proverbs 15:1 suggests, "A gentle answer turns away anger."

Love is a decision. Not always an easy one.

Affirming words from moms and dads are like light switches. Speak a word of affirmation at the right moment in a child's life and it's like lighting up a whole roomful of possibilities.

If a man truly wants to communicate with his wife, he must enter her world of emotions.