EVERY MOMent COUNTS!
by Valerie Gaff When I was 9, I knew exactly what my wedding should be like. I wanted a beautiful white dress, with a train as long as Princess Diana’s. There would be flowers everywhere, and I would be surrounded by my family and friends. Since I already knew all the details, I just needed [...]
I admit it — there are days when I just do not feel like being all “you are wonderful” to my husband. It could be because he is not being all “you are wonderful” enough to me, or I am not feeling as loved as I want to be. Maybe he’s wrapped up in something at [...]
“Mom.” The insistent whisper pried my reluctant eyes open in the half-light of dawn that was slowly creeping across our bedroom. The view from my soft, welcoming pillow showed my daughter standing there with her bedhead and in Tinkerbell jammies. Then I saw the clock: 6:03 a.m. “Mom. You gotta get us breakfast.” Us. Us. Aw, [...]
No one said it was going to be easy. As a matter of fact, I myself said, “For better or for worse.” The problem … I didn’t know worse was going to happen in simple, everyday life; I thought worse was only going to happen if I wrecked the car, someone got sick, or we experienced [...]
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Over the years, I’ve found it so easy to get myself in the spirit of competing with my husband. When I had little kids, it usually came out when I met him at the front door as he came home from work. I’d have on my “spit up on” shirt, look a mess, and proceed [...]
American Idol last week … did you watch it? If you didn’t, no matter — all you really need to see is the last five minutes, and that’s on YouTube. Why? Because you want to meet one Mr. Chris Medina. Our children go to youth group at church on Wednesday nights, and Hubby and I [...]
How far would you go to improve your marriage and family? So, how far would you go? How about selling your house to travel around the country in an RV with two toddlers? Does that send chill bumps up and down your spine? It did mine when one of my cousins told me about her [...]
I believe in marriage. Between one man and one woman for life. God designed marriage, and that was His intention. My parents have been married for 53 years. My sister has been married for 29 years. My brothers for 22 years and 15 years. Me, for 24 years. Have those combined 143 years of marriage been easy? No. Have [...]
