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 [...]
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 [...]
Yesterday I had a friend tell me she sometimes runs out of things to talk about to her man. That got me to thinking, wouldn’t it be nice if someone made a list of conversation starters that could be used by a husband and wife for a whole month? Which then got me to thinking, well, [...]
My husband and I got married this past December so… technically we are still newlyweds. It’s an interesting thing being a newlywed in your 30s. It’s an even more interesting thing being a newlywed with children in your 30s and learning how to blend a family with your new husband. But one of the things [...]
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 [...]
Shopping, baking, pleasing our families, gift wrapping, school programs, church pageants, caroling, credit card bills, traveling… Just thinking about the month of December significantly raises my blood pressure. I have an idea of how I want our family to celebrate the birth of Christ but so many outside commitments and expectations weigh me down. Not [...]
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 [...]
