Dear Melva and Jesse, It’s Christmas Eve and I’m feeling somewhat depressed. As a mom, I am enjoying having my adult children and grandchildren home for Christmas. I know it’s too soon to be thinking about everyone beginning to go home in a couple of days and am starting to feel down. I am thinking …
Dear Melva and Jesse, It’s Christmas time again, and my husband and I continue with the same old argument, year after year. We fight over how much money we’ll spend on our grandkids and what we’ll spend the money on. He believes that our presents should be on practical things, like winter clothes (i.e., coats, …
Dear Jesse and Melva, I hope this doesn’t sound petty, but it is important to me and I’m really struggling. I love my husband and I know he loves me. We have been married for a long time. We have a son in college and a daughter who will be graduating from high school in …
Dear Jesse and Melva, My wife and I are about to have another horrible holiday season because she’s wanting me to go out with family and friends. This includes a lot of social activities going on this time of the year. This is that time that you should be happy and joyful. But, it’s not …