Love + Marriage

When times are stressful and the last thing you want to do is try to find humor, you should look a little harder for it. Lately, I have found myself exhausted with the long days, frustrated with the inability...

It’s been said, “If your marriage can survive building a house together, then it can survive anything.” This quote came to mind this morning while I was washing dishes in my brand-new, farmhouse-style white kitchen sink (oh yes, the...

My husband is self-employed. What that used to mean was that he got to work in his pajamas while I dressed and scooted off to my windowless office every day. When we made the decision for me to leave my...

My husband, Matthew, and I are COMPLETE opposites. I don’t mean opposites in the sense that one of us is messy and the other is organized, even though that is our case, too (I’m the messy one, by the...

As I write this, this morning over a group text my aunt said, “What a profound blessing to be exactly where you need to be.”   In context, she was talking about my sister-in-law; she is currently with her fiancé in...

Oh, the excitement of buying a brand new car! The confidence of knowing no one else has used (or abused) it. The comfort of experiencing how CLEAN it is, and what is it about that new car smell? But despite...

My husband and I are celebrating 23 years of marriage this coming fall. 23 years. It's been good 23 years, in fact, it's been better than good.  I mean, it hasn't been two decades of only wedded bliss--it's been...

Dear Babysitter. It’s one Friday night. Your knock is gentle, yet still rouses the pups. You wait for us to open the door, although you’re like family now. You always enter the house excited with a smile on your face. We’ve been waiting anxiously...

Before you continue, answer the following: Do you feel like you’re missing a connection with your spouse? Are you consistently impatient with your kids? Have you been neglecting your own individual needs or interests? Exhausted from constant juggling of bills, childcare, errands, work,...

It’s no secret that, as the journey through the years of dating, marriage, trying to start a family, and juggling the day-to-day tasks with said family continues, many parents forget how they started their relationship in the first place. For...