(Over the next few weeks, I will be sharing some very personal stories. There will be ignorance, learning, and hard choices addressed along the way. If you have different views from mine– on either end of the spectrum– I am totally comfortable with that. I do ask that we show one another kindness [...]
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image source I spent last Lent really focusing on a journey toward being less judgmental. As a whole, I would say it was tremendously successful and, to date, I find myself happier and calmer simply because I waste far less time worrying about what others choose to do. I’ve learned [...] It’s happened twice now with our children– we take one of them in for a 5- or 6-year well-child appointment, and our pediatrician starts asking them about their diets and talking nutrition. She talks about fruits and veggies and protein and, then, at the end, she reminds them not to drink very much [...] Happy Valentine’s Day! I don’t care what all the nay-sayers say about consumerism and wastefulness and blah blah blah… I LOVE Valentine’s Day and I think it’s the perfect time to focus on doing something special for your marriage. Need ideas? I’ve got ‘em!
In our Taking Your Marriage from Fine to [...] (Over the next few weeks, I will be sharing some very personal stories. There will be ignorance, learning, and hard choices addressed along the way. If you have different views from mine– on either end of the spectrum– I am totally comfortable with that. I do ask that we show one another kindness [...] For some odd reason, people don’t like to think that married relationships can be “spicy.” We’re okay with the “sweet” part. It’s what we hope for, after all… that we’ll find someone who is kind and gentle and loving and considerate– sweet stuff. And no one is a bit bothered to hear about [...] (Well, lookie there! I’m sportin’ a skirt! And looking like a cheerleader, according to my husband… )
Been married for awhile? Chasing kids around, managing work, and juggling household tasks keeping you hopping? If so, it may have been too long since you did one of these ten things…
… styled [...] Shortly after I started dating my now-husband, I blushingly handed him a folded-up paper and insisted he read it somewhere not in front of me. He was a bit baffled and later admitted he thought it was something bad. It wasn’t. Not really. It was a poem I had written and, blushing again, [...] I think society (and women’s magazines) do young couples a disservice in their constant promoting of and insistance upon “Date Nights.” I can remember reading articles that waxed eloquent on how vital it is to schedule date nights out just as soon as humanly possible after you have a baby. I pored over [...] It can be so hard to believe when you’re dating or engaged or newly married that you might, one day, fall into a rut. But, alas, it happens to the best of us. It’s not that we MEAN to do it but, all of sudden, there we are… same ol’, same ol’. A [...] |
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