by Denver Woman | May 8, 2015 | Family Issues, Feb/Mar 2009
And we don’t mean romance. Want romance in your relationship? You have to start with a different R, r-e-s-p-e-c-t. While it’s sad to lose the initial romance of a relationship, it’s disastrous to lose the respect. Loss of respect leads to resentment,...
by Denver Woman | May 8, 2015 | Dec/Jan 2009, Family Issues
How to make blended families work. Fifteen years ago Beverly Halliwell was 32 years old and childless as she prepared to walk down the aisle with Bill Ross, a man who came to the altar not only with his love but also his three school-age children. “I thought I knew a...
by Denver Woman | May 8, 2015 | Family Issues, Oct/Nov 2008
How to do it, why it matters. The line snaked through the coffee shop, moving slowly as one complicated drink after another was ordered. Standing there like a bunch of lemmings, waiting eagerly for our caffeine fix, the woman in front of me and I began chatting. We...
by Denver Woman | May 8, 2015 | Aug/Sep 2008, Family Issues
Learning when to let go. Have you ever met a mother who is so obsessed with her child’s safety that even in a safe environment she fears letting the child out of her sight for fear danger lurks around every corner? How about the parent who stands on the sidelines of a...
by Denver Woman | May 7, 2015 | Family Issues, June/July 2008
Parents can play a key role in keeping kids out of the middle. When Maggie Lawson’s husband walked out after 14 years of marriage and two children, she was stunned and, at first, couldn’t come to grips with her new reality. “I kept hoping it was all just a bad dream...
by Denver Woman | May 7, 2015 | Apr/May 2008, Family Issues
Communication can be difficult in this closest of female relationships. We need to talk. No, really, we NEED to talk. It comes as naturally to us as breathing and is nearly as important. Communication is the way we express ourselves and bond with others. It’s also...
