EVERY MOMent COUNTS!
1. Thanks for doing that. It means a lot to me when you serve me in little ways like that. 2. I am such a different woman because of the way you _____ (love me, gently lead me, make me feel secure, etc.). 3. I know you and I haven’t been seeing eye-to-eye lately. But [...]
A while back one of my sweet friends complained her husband had ruined something while doing housework—and he heard all about it. Several times. My first response was, “He does housework?” I’ve been around the sun more than a few times and I’ve heard more wives than you can imagine complain about their husbands. Sad [...]
A friend with a steamy married life (but not without conflict), recently remarked that our late 30s through our 50s should be the sexual peak of our lives. “What? Aren’t the early 20s the best time for that?” Yet, as I hadn’t been married in my early 20s, I couldn’t say. She went on [...]
It was time: My husband and I took a night away just before the new year. We needed to pray, to plan, to think—both alone and together. We needed to reevaluate and gather vision for so many things—in parenting, in our work here in Uganda, in our relationships, in our marriage. I found myself wishing [...]
I have to say it wasn’t always easy for me to let John lead. When he and I married in 1990, I was a single mom of a little boy. I was used to making all the rules, so allowing John to lead was really a struggle. I wanted to set Cory’s bedtime. I wanted [...]
Last spring at MomLife Boot Camp we had an amazing time of teaching that was above and beyond all we could have ever hoped for or imagined! Go God! All the moms in attendance were positively giddy due to the fun, fellowship, bonding, and beauty of our surroundings at Pine Cove. Excitement was in the air, [...]
Have you ever really wanted to buy something that was in scarce supply? One Christmas we wanted to buy the up-and-coming video gaming system for our family. My husband and son ran to the store to get one and were informed that the person right before them purchased the last one. The person who got [...]
Ever since Shaunti Feldhahn ripped the security blindfolds from our eyes in For Women Only, we’ve been wondering what to do about the fact that our husbands are wired to be visual. She explained to us why it’s so natural for men to look and even why it’s so hard for them to forget what [...]
I once had a stepmom say to me, “You know, every time I go to my stepson’s baseball game the biological mom makes it very obvious that she does not want me there, that she doesn’t think I belong there. She storms around the field, and it makes it very uncomfortable for my stepsons.” I [...]
Two years ago I was a divorced single mama of two amazing kiddos. I had a pretty good network of family and friends but I was mainly on my own. My kids and I were a team of three. Then, I met my husband (insert choirs of angels singing because yes, against all my disbelief [...]
