by mickilog | Jul 3, 2017 | Love, Marriage, Pre-relationship, Relationship
When most couples first get married, they believe that their job is done. The hard part is behind them. They have met the love of their life and now they can happily breathe a sigh of relief in knowing that they have found the ONE. Of course, the bubble usually pops...
by mickilog | Jul 2, 2017 | Love, Marriage, Pre-relationship, Relationship
My husband and I got engaged over July 4th weekend 17 years ago. As we were living in New York at the time, the date was chosen more out of convenience, as we had a long holiday/vacation weekend. While English is our mother tongue, he being British and me being...
by mickilog | May 23, 2017 | Dating, Engagement, Love, Marriage, Pre-relationship, Relationship
With Shavuot looming ahead, I have the topic of commitment on the brain. When I think about what it took for Am Yisrael to commit to taking on the observance of all the commandments in the Torah, I think about what enabled them to take the leap and do it. When we were...
by mickilog | May 21, 2017 | Dating, Engagement, Love, Pre-relationship, Relationship
“I don’t want to feel like I’m settling,” are words that are uttered in my office too many times a week. The big fear many have when it comes to dating and marriage, even more than not finding love or being single forever is that of settling...
by mickilog | Apr 30, 2017 | Dating, Love, Pre-relationship
For some of us, jealousy and pain rear its ugly green eyes when we see someone we know jump with joy as they get engaged. We want to feel happy for other people’s joy, but sometimes it sits on our own insecurities. It heightens our fears about not achieving what...
