My husband’s social faux pas are few and faint, as in hardly noticeable. Which makes the one he committed last week rather noteworthy. We met at a local coffee shop with a couple at their request to discuss their personality differences. They are dating (only d-a-t-i-n-g). The young woman is a friend of ours, and…
I was sitting in the driver’s seat of my car. My husband was replacing one of the front brakes. “Pump the brake pedal until it gets hard to push.” He called out. I’d pump the brake and then hold it until he told me to release it. This procedure went on several more times before…
Oftentimes in marriage, there is a partner with a stronger personality–the “vocal representative” in the relationship. The person with the stronger personality is often the one who ends up being “boss.” Sometimes they give their opinion readily and expect it to be followed. Other times, their big personality simply is one that starts to rub…
What am I doing? The question echoed in my head as I sat hunched over with the phone pressed to my ear. I thought about how eagerly I had run to take this call, my heart racing to hear the sound of his voice. I had been regularly setting aside my schedule for hours at…
I love traveling, but I hate the awkwardness of trying to shove my carry-on into an overhead bin. My arms are pretty scrawny and somehow my bag always manages to weigh nearly half of my body weight. I board the plane with dread, knowing I will somehow have to lift my luggage and balance it…
