There are books written on the subject, there are even amazing posts written on the subject of how to inspire your husband.  And while all of these useful, informative words and suggestions are most helpful and appreciated – I also know it can leave us, as wives, feeling overwhelmed and like we are not doing [...]

Are you having fun in your marriage? It sounds like a ridiculous question doesn’t it! After all we got married because we liked being with each other and we had fun.  But now, many of us don’t even think about fun. We are just trying to get through the day-cleaning up the next poopy diaper, [...]

My husband and I just celebrated our 40th wedding anniversary! It doesn’t seem that long ago. We told a friend’s little daughter that we were celebrating our 40th anniversary, and with wide eyes, she gasped in disbelief! It was fun. So the question some have asked, what makes marriage work? I was raised by a single mom. [...]

Do you know the unwinnable game at your local kids’ pizza place — the one where the machine pops up cylinder-shaped objects that the contestant must beat back down as fast as they pop up? Skirmishes in marriage are like that game; they keep popping up, even when you don’t want to play anymore. A week [...]

Years ago before we were married, someone challenged my husband to pray with me every single day of our married life. Being engaged with stars in our eyes, we thought that sounded like a “no brainer.” It wasn’t long before we learned that this was one of the wisest pieces of pre-marital advice we received [...]

There’s an old joke about one of our presidents walking with his wife, who sees one of her old boyfriends in a less-than-glorious occupation. The president looks at the old boyfriend and remarks, “If you hadn’t married me, you might be married to that guy.” The first lady answers calmly, “If I had married him, [...]

I attended five weddings this past year, all lovely and teary! As I listened to the couple exchange vows, I nodded in agreement. On May 22, 1971, my husband and I stood before our pastor, family, and friends and made those familiar wedding vows. “… To love and to cherish; in sickness and in health; for [...]

April 7, 2009, John and I celebrated our 19th anniversary with a cruise to the Bahamas. We’d wanted to go to Nassau on our honeymoon, but we were just kids in 1990. John was a 23-year-old furniture delivery guy, and I was an 18-year-old single mom. … But still we had dreams, and as the years [...]

I have mentioned to several strangers here lately that my husband and I are celebrating our 25th wedding anniversary and are more in love now than ever… I must admit I have been taken aback by their reactions. With absolute wonder and awe one young lady said, “That’s amazing…” and the look in her eye [...]