Joel Hughes

"How does that make you feel?" our marriage counselor, Robert, asked me. "I guess I just feel alone a lot," I replied. After 5 months of counseling with Robert, we...

My wife shed many tears when we relocated from California to Oregon 3 years ago. Her tears weren't solely for missing California, nor were they strictly for leaving behind family...

We were lying in bed one evening recently, watching an episode of Next Level Chef starring Gordon Ramsay. My wife was reading something on her phone at the same time...

"Am I enjoying life?" I found myself pondering this question on a recent lonely drive. Have I truly embraced the joy of being alive in this world? Throughout my life...

In the world of artificial intelligence (AI), opinions vary from adoration to aversion, with many still in the dark about its capabilities. Personally, I was a bit late to the...

I said, "I look alright," as I glanced at myself shirtless in the mirror. "Even though I'm a bit chubby, this baggy shirt still makes me look decent." My dog...

I consider my wife and I a relatively young couple. Rebekah is 35, and I'm 45. We've been married for 8 and a half years. Rebekah has been fighting stage...

My biggest, number one struggle as a caregiver and spouse is feeling alone. This feeling is hard for me to articulate in words. I don't feel the kind of lonely...

Something is missing from my marriage. I (we) lost it some years back. I admit, it's primarily my fault. But losing this one aspect of our relationship is causing damage...

I find my heart getting hardened towards my wife more than I care to admit. It's usually about the little things, such as: I then feel annoyed, and the fatal...

"Your physical health is not what worries me the most about you," Dr. Jim told me. "It's not?" I replied. This conversation began several months ago during a routine checkup...

My wife has cried more tears over something even more than stage 4 cancer or the cancer treatments: dealing with the frustrations and incompetence of the medical establishment. Sounds crazy...

When my wife, Rebekah, was re-diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer 8 years ago, we were shattered and lost. She was only 26 years old. Few people understand a cancer...

My wife, Rebekah (35), lives with stage 4 breast cancer. My duties as her caregiver have increased over the last 8 years of marriage, especially after a brain surgery last...

Last February, my wife had brain surgery to remove 2 small tumors. There were unexpected outcomes resulting in her needing my care part of the time to now most of...

About 4 years ago, I felt like God spoke to me. No, not an audible voice or a vision. Nothing like that. It felt like more of an impression and...

Some months back, I wrote several articles that started with a dire feeling but ended with a glimmer of hope. I talked about the struggles and challenges stage 4 breast...

Eight months into our marriage, cancer stole from us the ability to have sex (i.e., intercourse). As the special intimacy of intercourse disappeared from our marriage, other romantic practices and...

"I’m fuming right now. I’m so mad I just want to cuss up a storm. I’m going to lose my freakin mind." Those were my wife’s words yesterday. She was...

In my marriage now, I see 3 options. I see myself standing before 3 roads that fork off into very different futures. Thankfully, I’ve been trained well, and certain truths...