http://www.thechristianpulse.com/2011/05/17/love-on-him/ “I hate night class. My throat is on fire—” During the lengthy pause, I wondered why I had answered my cell. “—and I got a 65 on the test.” Kyle’s cranky attitude set my stress on fire. Twice a week, he griped about Spanish night class and twice a week I lectured about ten key ways to study for college. I gripped the phone. The semester ended in a few weeks. Not much time left to pull up his grade. “Come home and we’ll talk about it.” He cut our connection with a typical, “Whatever.” What did he expect? You have to work hard in college—even if you are…

http://www.thechristianpulse.com/2010/07/06/wayward-disposition-emotions-on-the-loose/ Sometimes my emotions hold me hostage—buckle me into a rollercoaster I don’t wish to ride. Moods throw me up and down—along tight twists and turns. Feelings muffle my ears and distort my conversations. Attitude colors each thought, taints every action, until I am out of control.In my early twenties, before kids and slightly after marriage, my husband and I drove cross-country from Indiana to California. On the drive, he turned to me and asked, “Why don’t you love me the way I want you to?” I knew exactly what he meant. Over the years, numbness had seeped in, over and around, encasing my emotions in a sheath of blankets…