by Kathy Collard Miller | Aug 2, 2016 | assumptions, marriage, people pleasing, perfection, relationships
I hope you are being blessed with our theme of “After I get him to the altar, I’ll alter him.” Today we’ll look at the manipulation myth: “If you change, we won’t have any problems.” Don’t laugh. I actually thought...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Jul 28, 2016 | assumptions, compassion, demands, love, loving, marriage, perseverance, prayer for others, pride, unconditional love
We are examining the theme of “When I get him to the altar, I’ll alter him.” Here’s manipulative myth #2:If you change, I can be assured you’ll never go back to your old habits. Tweet that!In all these myths, the motive is...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Jul 24, 2016 | assumptions, beliefs, contempt, contentment, intimacy, kindness, lies, love, marriage, relationships, unconditional love
Thank you to everyone who participated in the CAN Scavenger Hunt. I hope you had a wonderful time. I enjoyed meeting many new friends.And the winner of my drawing is…Drum Roll… Rhonda Gothier.Tomorrow/Monday, July 25th, the Grand Prize Winner of the Hunt...
by Kathy Collard Miller | May 21, 2016 | assumptions, family, first love, marriage, relationships, unconditional love
In my last posts, I’ve talked about our early marriage and our first vacation. I didn’t realize how much I didn’t know about a man. One of my faulty assumptions was that Larry thought like me and I could interpret his behavior based upon how I would...
by Kathy Collard Miller | May 17, 2016 | assumptions, contentment, marriage, position in Christ, risk, unconditional love
In my last post, I described Larry and my first vacation. I had high expectations of lots of attention. Larry had high expectations of driving in complete silence. I was crushed and he had no clue of my thoughts. Looking back, I wish I wouldn’t have assumed...
by Kathy Collard Miller | May 14, 2016 | anger, assumptions, marriage, relationships, trials, unconditional love
Why isn’t Larry talking to me? It’s 1970 and we’d only been married a few months. We were finally going on our first vacation since our honeymoon and I was thrilled! I couldn’t wait to be with my beloved for three whole days. I was especially...