Initiate Success with Going First

We’re often taught that finding the right person and falling in love is the hardest part. But marriage eventually asks a much bigger question: Can you continue choosing each other when life stops feeling romantic? Love matters. But so do communication, patience, financial responsibility, loyalty, emotional maturity, shared values, and the ability to work through difficult seasons without constantly threatening to walk away. A strong marriage isn’t built on feelings alone. Feelings change; commit

“This is the first time I’m ever hearing this story in its entirety, and I’m so, like, incredibly grateful to you that you saved my life,” said Audrey De Leon, who was a baby on 9/11. After the World Trade Center towers were hit, Darla Stuckey saw a daycare worker struggling to carry two babies to safety. One was 9-month-old De Leon. Stuckey took De Leon in her arms and ran to safety, eventually reuniting the baby with her mother. #worldtradecenter #rescue

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26 Reasons I Love Being Single and Living Alone

The goal isn’t “let teenagers do whatever they want.” The goal is becoming the person they don’t have to hide from. Getting curious doesn’t mean automatically saying yes. It means recognizing that when your teenager trusts you enough to invite you into conversations about relationships, bodies, consent and sexuality, you have an opportunity to offer something far more protective than control: Connection. Information. Discernment. Resources. And a safe place to come back to. I don’t want a teenag