I hope you'll give a warm welcome to Cari from Dugans in Cahoots today! I first came across her blog through a post that lit social media up: We can't be friends. Since then, I've been touched by many others she has written (especially this one), and I'm so happy to have her be a part of the …
Continue Reading about Marriage Diaries: The Weight of Our Vows
It's not a good sign when you're upset with your husband IN YOUR DREAMS, I wrote in a journal 18 months ago. I'm not even mad at him in real life! I flipped to the previous page of that journal and noticed this: He worked until 2:30am Monday night. He was out of town last night, and I think he's …
I had forty weeks to transition into being a mom. At the first sound of that steady woosh woosh, the thump of a flat tire that was our son’s heartbeat, my heart got in sync with his. My husband, on the other hand, didn’t experience the reassuring taps of a baby who was running out of room or feel …
Continue Reading about 10 Rules for When Your Wife Becomes a Mom
If you haven't figured it out by now, I'm a bit of a realist when it comes to love. Hopefully you can still like me in spite of this. :) In January, when I posted 8 chalkboard quotes on love, I mentioned that when looking for the quotes, I came across plenty that I disagree with. I thought today …
A couple of months ago I read an article called What the Happiest Couples Do Before Breakfast, where writer Alisa Bowman shares morning rituals of eight different couples. As moms, we all know what an impact our moods every morning have on the kids, so I liked the idea of being more purposeful in …
I know I'll miss these years, too. Just like I miss the early days of Ryan and Erica. I wrote that line in 2007, two years after Ryan and I were married. I was looking back on the euphoria of our dating days and looking forward to the excitement of adding a baby to our family. Three months …
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Twelve years ago, I decluttered my kids’ toys under the glow of a flashlight as they slept. That one change gave me so much relief that I continued until I’d decluttered more than half of what we owned. ✨
I suddenly felt like I could engage with my loved ones, not just clean up after them. I believe every woman deserves the same.
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