http://www.cherylmcclary.com/blog Ideas, Articles, Advice Sat, 28 Aug 2010 22:29:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Happiness is trendy right now. Have you noticed? People read books about being happy. They argue about the best way to get happy. There are hundreds of tablets, tricks, tools and tchotchkes mass-produced with the expressed intent of making you happy. I have it on good authority that some of ... http://www.cherylmcclary.com/blog/?p=245 When we are young, we tend to believe a lot of strange things. We have grand ideas about love, grander ideas about truth and frankly bizarre ideas about experience. We believe that people with guitars are the most exciting people we know and that any relationship will likely last forever ... http://www.cherylmcclary.com/blog/?p=243 Dear readers, During the next few months, I will be writing a series of articles for you regarding the challenges of long-term marriages. I have been receiving hundreds of e-mails from women and men in marriages of over 30 years who are considering or already have divorced. Each day ... http://www.cherylmcclary.com/blog/?p=241 It’s a beautiful April weekend. To take advantage of warm spring afternoon, you decide to dig out some of last summer’s clothes in order to set on your deck or do a little gardening.  Unless you’re living deep in the Sun Belt, chances are those shorts are buried deep in the ... http://www.cherylmcclary.com/blog/?p=239 Just after the first of the year, Kelly had one of those days. Overslept, got the kids to school late, sat in bumper to bumper traffic, only to slip in an icy parking lot and ruin her panty hose. Once inside, she sat down at her desk at the ... http://www.cherylmcclary.com/blog/?p=236 War is hell, so they say. Most of us on the civilian side do our part to stay informed and honor the troops. We keep up with the news and watch armies shifted from Iraq to Afghanistan like so many figures on a chess board, some large group of men ... http://www.cherylmcclary.com/blog/?p=237 In these last few days before Christmas, one can hardly imagine the flurry of activity taking place up at the North Pole. The elf assembly line is putting together toys at a frantic pace. Santa is exercising his reindeer, looking up addresses, repairing the sleigh, checking his list—once, twice, three ... http://www.cherylmcclary.com/blog/?p=234 Do not talk about the kids. A date with your husband is, first and foremost, adult time. Conversations about your son’s fender bender or your daughter’s creepy boyfriend or the need for better after school care should be tabled for another night. Barring calamitous circumstance, this night is not about ... http://www.cherylmcclary.com/blog/?p=232 Caught red-handed! You heard it yourself, so you don’t have to worry about hearing a rumor that has been twisted by miscommunication or pusillanimous friends. "So who is she?"  You wonder as he speaks so warmly into his cell phone. Here you are in the hospital and you can ... http://www.cherylmcclary.com/blog/?p=230 Almost thirty years ago, on a sunny June afternoon, Wes and Marie got married in a little family church several blocks from her childhood home. They were both in their twenties, recently graduated from college and very much in love. Together they bought a house, planted perennials and started framing ... http://www.cherylmcclary.com/blog/?p=226