{"id":12487,"date":"2015-09-21T08:06:46","date_gmt":"2015-09-21T13:06:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.flandersfamily.info\/web\/?p=12487"},"modified":"2023-03-21T17:52:00","modified_gmt":"2023-03-21T22:52:00","slug":"mailbag-monday-help-for-hurting-marriages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flandersfamily.info\/web\/2015\/09\/21\/mailbag-monday-help-for-hurting-marriages\/","title":{"rendered":"Mailbag: Help for Hurting Marriages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flandersfamily.info\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Mailbag-Mondays.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flandersfamily.info\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Mailbag-Mondays.png?resize=600%2C214&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Mailbag Mondays - Our answers to readers&#039; questions\" width=\"600\" height=\"214\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9524\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flandersfamily.info\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Mailbag-Mondays.png?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flandersfamily.info\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Mailbag-Mondays.png?resize=300%2C107&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flandersfamily.info\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Mailbag-Mondays.png?resize=250%2C89&amp;ssl=1 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve received several questions lately through our family blog asking about help for hurting marriages. These particular questions dealt with subjects better suited to my other blog, <a href=\"http:\/\/lovinglifeathome.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Loving Life at Home<\/a>, so I&#8217;ve been publishing my responses over there. Here are links to the most recent queries, in case any of my other readers may be dealing with the same issues.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here are the links to the first couple of questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/lovinglifeathome.com\/2015\/08\/10\/qa-what-if-my-drive-is-stronger-than-his\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What if my drive is stronger than my husband&#8217;s?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/lovinglifeathome.com\/2015\/07\/16\/qa-i-feel-like-im-living-with-jekyll-hyde\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How should one deal with an excessively moody spouse?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>I&#8217;ll be tackling a few more letters on related topics in the coming weeks, so stay tuned.<\/strong> In the meantime, here are a few more letters I&#8217;ve published on that blog that might bless you:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/lovinglifeathome.com\/2014\/05\/30\/i-married-a-sinner\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elisabeth Elliot&#8217;s life-changing advice to me<\/a> (This was written in response to a letter I sent to her back when I was dating the man I eventually married &#8212; thanks to her sweet words encouraging me to do so without reservation.)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/lovinglifeathome.com\/2014\/09\/05\/letter-to-a-weary-mom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Letter to a weary mom<\/a> (This letter was written neither by me nor to me, but by a friend who later shared it with me. I found it to be a tremendous encouragement, and think you will, too.)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/lovinglifeathome.com\/2013\/09\/19\/a-letter-to-my-father\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A letter to my father<\/a> (Yesterday marked the ninth anniversary of my father&#8217;s passing. This is a letter I wrote to him a couple of years before he died.)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/lovinglifeathome.com\/2015\/08\/01\/to-the-mother-whose-child-is-leaving-home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">To the mother whose child is leaving home<\/a> (This is an open letter, prompted by questions from several friends who were navigating these waters for the first time and asked me how I&#8217;d gotten through them without having an emotional breakdown. :-))<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Do you need help for a hurting marriage or have a different question you&#8217;d like to see addressed<\/strong>, either on this blog or that one? You can <a href=\"mailto:flandersfamily@flandersfamily.info\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">submit it here<\/a>. We are unable to respond individually to most letters, but publish responses weekly on our family website (and as often as subject matter warrants it on <a href=\"http:\/\/lovinglifeathome.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Loving Life at Home<\/a>). We are also careful to remove identifying information on any questions of a sensitive nature.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flandersfamily.info\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Quotes-LL-A-Living-Marriage-Book.jpg?resize=640%2C889&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"&quot;You relationship to your husband may be the only marriage book your children ever read. 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