A Butterfly Year
We’ve been married one year yesterday. WAWHOO!!! One down, somewhere between 49 and 74 more years to go!! Now, for all you anti-romantics out there, don’t go sipping that haterade too early… This isn’t...
View ArticleMarriage on "The Rock"
Big news from the entertainment world, America. Are you sitting down? Ready? Another celebrity marriage has failed. Yep, Kim Kardashian’s marriage has failed after 72 days. Honestly, I have never...
View ArticleVeteran’s Day Every day
Today’s post is very simple. I didn’t write this to simply jump on the bandwagon. It’s Veteran’s day… but for me, as a military spouse (and many of you spouses, parents, daughters, sons, aunts, uncles,...
View ArticleLife-as-a-wife survival kit
God sure has a sense of humor. It still cracks me up almost daily that He had the idea to create man, then create woman, make us COMPLETELY different and say “Ok, live together for your entire life....
View ArticleMy Love Story: We March (Guest Blogging at Suite T)
Holy cheese and crackers, world. God is working overtime this week– hardcore. Not only has He equipped me to launch my personal ministry this week, but I was invited to guest post at Suite T Southern...
View ArticleWide Open
It’s happens more than he would like to admit. On a Sunday night a couple of weeks ago, I came home from teaching a class at church. I pulled into the driveway at about 8pm and noticed that the garage...
View ArticleA Real-Life Love Offering
Yesterday, my husband reenlisted in the army. For how long you ask? Six. Whole. Years. So for all of you wonderful friends that ask when we are “getting out” of the army? It’s gonna be a while. The...
View ArticleGotta Love the Shiny
Do you know what my favorite thing about April is? Go ahead, guess… The warmer weather? Naw. April showers bringing May flowers? I do enjoy it, but not my favorite. The fact that April is National...
View ArticleTrue Love Is… (Just A Quick Reminder)
Hello darling readers… due to my continued exhaustion via life/pneumonia/army, I am taking a quick brain breather and resharing with you one of my favorite posts… about marriage and Jesus. (Two of my...
View ArticleJesus, Marriage, & Hamburger Helper
Ahhh, marriage… Tis so much more than that beautiful white dress, the romance of a honeymoon and those sweet moments of snuggling on the couch. Marriage also includes challenges, growth, conflict, and...
View ArticleA Ruck March Marriage
You might have noticed that several of my Friday posts have been “reposts” from previously published material. It’s not that I don’t have lots of new and crazy ideas about faith, but rather it is due...
View ArticleLife-as-a-wife Survival Kit
Today I would like to share with you another fun marriage post “from the archives” with a few updates and modifications. It doesn’t matter if you are a wife, know someone who is a wife or is preparing...
View ArticleWhat Marriage Is Not
I recently heard a commercial on our local Christian radio station that got me pretty fired up. It was the founder of E-Harmony, the online matchmaking website. Now, I have nothing against online...
View ArticleBuilding a Christ-like Marriage: The Foundation
Marriage. What a blessed, challenging and complicated aspect of life. One that I personally believe is well-worth discussing, especially from a Christian perspective. So that is we are going to do…...
View ArticleBuilding a Christ-Like Marriage: A Heart of Sacrifice
I used to be quite the Bible scoffer. Yes, you read that right. Bible scoffer. Not Bible beater or Bible reader– Bible Scoffer. When I first started legitimately walking with Christ as an adult, I can...
View ArticleBuilding a Christ-Like Marriage: Communication
Miscommunication. It is one of those seemingly insignificant aspects of our life that remains insignificant until it actually happens and you and your spouse are engaged in a...
View ArticleBuilding a Christ-Like Marriage: Figure out Finances
Over the years, I have had several best friends. Some were just for a season, like during high school, college or for a specific duty station. Others have lasted through the years. They have lived in a...
View ArticleBuilding a Christ-Like Marriage: Let’s get Physical
In college, we used to have a saying: “It’s only weird if you make it weird. So don’t make it weird, OK?” And that is going to be the slogan for today’s blog post. Because as we discuss the building...
View ArticleBuilding a Christ-Like Marriage: Our Source of Happiness
If you ask most people what the happiest day of their life was, I am willing to bet a majority will answer: 1. The day our kid(s) was born. Or… 2. The day we got married. How sweet. How romantic. How...
View ArticleBuilding a Christ-Like Marriage: Have Fun!
I used to be quite the fun-lover. Please notice the operative phrase there: “Used to be.” Growing up, I was also ready for an adventure, be it catching frogs in the pond or swimming in the stock tank....
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