When my husband and I got married, I was surprised how easy the “wife stuff” came to me. Each day as I drove home from work, my brain was filling with ideas on what to make for dinner. On Saturday mornings, I loved waking up and surprising my sweet husband with breakfast and an adventure…
After six years and many miles on my first, I just bought a second pair of Chaco sandals. If you know Chaco sandals, you are already nodding your head in approval. In you don’t know about them, think open-toed sport sandal as durable as a tank with the comfort and support to walk across Europe…
I came into marriage prepared for the advent of the Era of Sexy, and I had a good idea of what that would look like. Bridal shower lingerie, knowing looks, candles, lotions and potions, and a playlist with earthy beats and sotto voce vocalists. There would be whispers, slow dances in the kitchen, lingering applications…
It was a fairly simple activity. At least, it should have been. Our task? To remember back to the early days of our relationship and share with our church small group the name of “our song” at the time. The message from our pastor that week had been on marriage. So our discussion that evening…
When we were growing up, having a boyfriend or girlfriend was called going together. It was actually quite an insightful term and one that is often lost in marriage. The daily stress and challenges we all face can easily distract us from a common goal and purpose, and ultimately pull us in competing directions. The…
