When I first got married, I focused in on my marriage like a laser beam. I wanted the marriage to be a healthy and lasting one, so I needed to know how to make that happen. We got a nightly marriage devotional book to work through. I listened intently to every marriage lesson and voraciously devoured any marriage advice I came across. From all of this information, I saw lots of areas that needed improvement, so I set out to improve them ASAP. If we were invited out with anyone, we usually turned them down. After all, my hubby wasn't sold on the event the second I brought it up, and it was probably best to just stay home and focus on my marriage. When we had our first child, I did the same thing. The crazy hormones didn't help. If I didn't understand why she was crying, then I was obviously a failure as a mother, and I'd start to wonder what I'd gotten myself into. If we were invited anywhere, the answer was obviously "no." It might...