‘We’re leaving!’ ‘Just give me a minute.’ I bounded up the stairs, entered the smallest room and as I was wriggling out of my jeans I heard the dreaded splash. ‘Oh no, my phone!’ I know I shouldn’t have hesitated. I should have just gone straight to the rescue, but there is something about sticking […]
The fact that we’re still married after 32 years is a miracle. I used to be in the Army, we were well trained and prepared for the job. We learned tactics, how to communicate, how to work together, how to map-read, shoot guns, build things and blow things up. After I left the Army I […]
A friend asked me a couple of weeks ago ‘What’s your ideal holiday with the family?’ My response was to laugh because in my head, those two phrases ‘ideal holiday’ and ‘family’ don’t go that well together. When I think ‘holiday’ I think sun, pool, a gripping book and good food. When I think family […]
Sean and Miriam have been married for five years, they have one daughter, Sophie and live in North London. They trained to be facilitators for A Day Together in April last year and they are speaking at their first event in Worthing on May 20th. I caught up with them to hear about their involvement in […]
So, I’ve been involved with Familylife for two and half years. Over that time I have learnt something really important about how my husband and I communicate. I am verbal processor. Sometimes I have barely thought something before it’s out of my mouth. I regularly think and speak so quickly that I interrupt myself mid-sentence […]
Charli Mathew shares her eye-opening experience attending A Day Together (ADT) before and after getting married. A Day Together in Newcastle in October was mine and Dave’s second time doing the course. Dave and I got married on the 17th July 2015 and we did ADT whilst we were engaged, almost exactly two years ago. […]
Has it happened yet? That sinking feeling? The time of year has come around again where we have to be creative, we have to think and search and scour the shops for the perfect gifts for our loved ones. Some people are easy, aren’t they? My sister, she’s easy, my mum – easy. But my dad, […]
Shortly after 11am on 24th August 26 cyclists will set off from Trafalgar Square in central London to cycle over 230miles, finishing at the Eiffel Tower in Paris on the 28th. We need your support and cheering on! The group includes: 2 x fathers & sons; 1 x mother & son; 4 x couples, a […]
Imagine getting married in Perth, Australia having been baptised in the Indian Ocean two weeks earlier. Sounds amazing! I could never have guessed that this would happen when I first met Lee and Bonnie eighteen months ago in London at a FamilyLife ‘A Day Together’ seminar. Lee and Bonnie introduced themselves at the end of […]
Introducing Toucan – an exciting new and unique App that helps you build a happier, healthier relationship so you can thrive together. Toucan brings practical relationship tools together in a fun way with video clips from couples. These are ordinary, honest people sharing real stories of what’s worked for them, as well as their normal […]
