We all want formula’s for marriage. A simple twelve-step plan to make marriage easy, compatible, joyous, and missonal. But let’s face it, marriage is hard. I remember it well, nearly two decades ago. I sat across from my husband, two small children asleep upstairs. “I can’t do this”, I cried. But today, I still can’t remember […]
Marriage Lessons from a Ninety-One-Year-Old in the Grocery Isle. And UNITE Linky
I was only joking when I started thumping on watermelons. But just like my husband, he turns to the wrinkly old man near us and carelessly asks, “How do you tell when watermelons are ripe?” I wanted to run, hide. But then the man answered, looking straight at us, making a fist, he thumps his knuckles […]
Fragile Families, and Why You Should Fight for Those You Love
My suitcase held a strange comfort as it lay open on my bedroom floor. I wasn’t going anywhere…But something about a filled case brought peace and comfort… Luggage waiting made me feel like I had an option of not staying…Even though I was morally obligated, and staying. A little girl lay curled up in an outlined […]