Category: Resentments

• Letting a Busy Schedule Come before Your Marriage?

  This has been an incredibly busy month for me, and it’s only the 17th of October! What will the rest of the month look like? And with all this busyness, I’m reminded of one very important aspect of my marriage … my husband! Now, I have to say that October has been a really busy…

  BethSteffaniak

  October 17, 2011

  Bonding, Mess Makers, Priorities, Resentments, Support

• My Messy Messages

  Just the other day I decided to “communicate” my displeasure with something my husband had said earlier to me, by using sarcasm to strike back at him. Honestly, I thought it would get my message across in a “funny” way. After all, everybody loves a comic, right? I guess I have this idea that using…

  BethSteffaniak

  September 12, 2011

  Communication, Conflict, Emotions, Forgiveness, Negative Self-Talk, Resentments, Truth

• Unfinished Business

  When my husband and I packed up our bags for our honeymoon, we didn’t know we were bringing along a few invisible, but very toxic bags from our past. And I had the dubious distinction of having not only “mother issues,” but also “father issues” when we got married. So my husband was saddled with…

  BethSteffaniak

  November 18, 2010

  Forgiveness, Mess Makers, Resentments, Toxic Baggage