Oh my, a marriage metaphor. This could be dangerous. I buy myself inexpensive flowers a couple of times a month. It is the perfect Monday pick-me-up. I love hydrangeas so much that try as I might to buy a different flower, I usually come home with my tried-and-true favorite. A couple of years …
More Effective than Nagging?
It has taken me foolishly long to learn that my gentle (read: prodding) reminders regarding some of my husband's habits have yielded few positive outcomes in our house. I found that pointing out five times in one Saturday that keys and stray business cards do not belong on the piano didn't make …
The Old Me
With Valentine's on my mind I pulled out this little black book this morning: It is a small collection of photos that Ryan gave me when we were dating and I was about to leave to Africa for a month. Every single night, sitting on my top bunk in a bare-bones backpackers' lodge in Zambia, I …
Marriage Maintenance
What is better than a wedding?? After I first got married, I was SAD at the talk of other people's weddings, because I knew I'd never get to plan my own again. Six years later, I am way over that and am honored and delighted at any chance I have to celebrate the union of another couple. A wedding is …
Role Reversal
I think I mentioned that last Sunday Ryan stayed home with our cold-ridden baby while Trenton and I went to church. Every Sunday I teach Christ-centered songs to the kids, ages 3 to 12. I love doing it, but it's basically feels like a 45-minute performance every week. When I came home, Ryan had …
Stomp Rockets & How Far We’ve Come
This is how our little Chaser felt about a simple family outing to a baseball field to launch stomp rockets: Watching your child's eyes light up is one of the finest joys in life; agreed? I actually took that photo because I loved Chase's hand on his daddy's leg. Those bright eyes were just a …
