Pam Evans

Here it is…a Sunday! What a perfect day to admit I’ve committed a sin or two in my life. Yes, as it relates to dating and marriage, I have chalked up more than a few misdeeds. Those mistakes, for which I’m sure I’ve already been forgiven…even by myself… have led me down a path of [...]

With Mother’s Day approaching, I couldn’t help but smile when I saw an article about Cher and her Mother, accompanied by a striking photograph of the two. The title of the article intrigued me, “Cher Reveals What She Learned From Her Mom.” What jumped out at me when I read the recent People Magazine article, [...]

I used to think the worst thing in life is to end up alone. It’s not. The worst thing in life is to end up with people who make you feel alone.

Good news! The April 11, 2013 Huffington Post Divorce Blog article “Divorce Rates Declining In The U.S. (Interactive Map)“ by Kevin Chern shows that every state in the U.S. is seeing a decline in divorce rates. Reasons vary from recession, to women moving into the workforce and gaining financial independence to simply the overall rise [...]

This week, I read the Harvard Business Review article entitled, “The Dual-Career Mojo that Makes Couples Thrive” by Monique Valcour, April 11, 2013. The article began with a quote from Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, “The most important career choice you’ll make is who you marry.” I decided that “the most important life choice you’ll make [...]

I recently saw an article on wedding ring piercing. When I shared it with my friend and copyeditor Linda, she remarked, “I can top that one. The teller at my local bank branch has a tattooed wedding band on his ring finger. Now that’s different, too, isn’t it?” These non-traditional approaches to wearing a wedding [...]

Since I am a multiple marrier, also referred to as a serial marrier (a person who has been married three or more times), I have often had to play the numbers game – like it or not. When I am the recipient of the dreaded question, “Pam, how many times have you been married?,” my [...]

While reading my Twitter feed this morning, I ran across the following two articles: Did you change your last name? by Alaina Shearer on her Beauty and the Biker blog, 2/12/13 and Why I’m Keeping My Married Name by Aunt Becky on CafeMom’s blog, The Stir via Huffington Post, 2/15/13.  These articles on the subject [...]

I was in Vancouver, BC on business this past week.  While there, I became addicted to reading the copy of  The Globe and Mail, which was delivered to my room each morning.  Today, I noticed a great article in the newspaper’s online ”Life” section and couldn’t resist sharing it with you. Apparently, a new study by the Journal of Personality [...]