How long were you married when you realized that your spouse didn’t seem quite as perfect as you once thought? Does he/she seem to push your buttons more often now than when you were dating? Of course no one really expects their spouse to be perfect. We married them for better or worse — right?…
For the sake of being open, and as I am writing this article from a perspective based on personal experiences (rather than research), you will be likely to find assumptions that may not apply to you. My hope is that you’ll take away anything helpful and leave the rest. During these past months of engagement, truths have been revealed to me and…
My wife walked into the bedroom the other day and says, “Here sweetie, I brought you your cotton balls.” I’m not sure if she could see the confusion on my face, but I was caught off guard. “Cotton balls, why did you bring me cotton balls?” After I finished speaking, I got it. She was…
My husband and I were visiting his parents back when he and I were still just engaged. It was a normal visit, a normal day, a normal moment. The four of us walked along, talking about this and that, and my father-in-law cracked a joke. I stopped dead in my tracks. “What did you say?”…
Black stains adorned my hands as I typed. No metaphor there. I pulled into Panera on my way to a graduate counseling class that covered the life cycle of marriage. I sat down with my coffee and pulled out my journal for a rare forty-five uninterrupted minutes. Did I mention that snowflakes fell softly on…
