Dear Elizabeth: A father's letter to his daughter about men, women, marriage and creating love for a lifetime.

"Dear Elizabeth" began as a letter to my teenage daughter, to help her define and pursue love, happiness, and marriage not as our culture does, but as God's Word, the Bible, instructs us to. From my perspective as a man, husband and father, I wanted to help her understand how her husband's needs, thinking and way of expressing and receiving love may be different from her own. With wisdom gained through personal experience, marriage experts, authors and "regular" couples, I wanted to provide her with principles and insights to overcome common marital challenges. Specific issues addressed cover: what to do when the "in-love" feelings subside, happiness and marital expectations, how do you say "I love you", questions to ask before marriage, God's design and purposes for marriage.