by Alissa | May 4, 2018 | Alissa McClure blog, marriage
Lesson #4: Dream Together I think the easiest way for a couple to “grow apart” is when they don’t dream together. Everyone has dreams. Usually our dreams evolve. If we shared our dreams with each other once when we were dating and then never brought them up again, we...
by Alissa | May 3, 2018 | Alissa McClure blog, marriage
Lesson #3: Love His Family I know they’re not your family and they do things differently and his mom keeps making snide comments and his sister avoids talking to you like you have the plague. Love them anyway. You don’t have to be fake and you don’t have to try...
by Alissa | May 2, 2018 | Alissa McClure blog
Don’t Compare–Ever. I remember it well: our first year of marriage and Facebook was a new thing. I was catching up on all of my friends back home and I started telling my husband about so-and-so and how many amazing things he was doing with his life....
by Alissa | May 1, 2018 | Alissa McClure blog, marriage
We are celebrating our 15th wedding anniversary! In honor of this milestone, I am sharing a few things we’ve learned along the way. We are by no means “perfect,” (if there is such a thing on this planet), but we have come a long way in the past...
by Alissa | Apr 18, 2018 | Alissa McClure blog, reading with kids, Writing
“My daughter wants to be a writer when she grows up. What do you recommend?” As a writer, I regularly get comments like this (If you have emailed me or said this to me in person, don’t feel bad! I’m not complaining about it, I promise!). Today,...
by Alissa | Apr 11, 2018 | Alissa McClure blog, random thoughts, self-improvement, strengthen family
I recently shared a few things I’ve learned about the science of forgiving.Hopefully those helped to motivate you to want to forgive. Today, we are going to look at some ideas for how to forgive someone. I am by no means an expert in this field, but am applying...
