“Difficult” relationships are about self-love and self-worth – ours, not theirs. We’ve set causes in motion, and we’re experiencing the results. So our problems are not originating outside of us. Our partners aren’t broken, and it’s not our job to fix them. Relating is like […]
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Cross My Heart And Hope To Die!
When my stepdaughter was ten, she walked into a local restaurant and asked the Greek owner if he would sell her an over-sized wooden rosary that he’d brought from his homeland and hung behind the sales register. She knew I’d seen it and liked it, […]
Real Love Is Like A Marathon
My daughter-in-law qualified for the Boston Marathon by running in a local marathon, just making it by an amazing three seconds! She was really hurting the last five miles. A stranger saw her and began to walk-run alongside her, subtly encouraging her. She could hardly […]
48 Hours That Will Transform Your Relationship
One of my friends keeps talking about leaving his wife. The two of them are great together when they’re good. But they stink when they’re bad, because each of them makes it all about the other. In a recent article on the five stages of […]
HuffPost Interviewed Me About Parenting In A Blended Family
I became a regular Contributor to HuffPost in 2015. After posting more than 65 articles about relationships and effective living, HuffPost asked to interview me for its Blended Families Feature. HuffPost: How many family members do you have? Grace: My husband, Ron, and I share four […]
5 Steps To Take If Your Ex Is Limiting Access To Your Child
There are two situations close to me where a parent is limiting the other parent’s access to a child. One set of parents is American, and the other is European – so it happens everywhere. In both instances, the parents doing the limiting are the mothers. But […]
