For most of my life, I have been a pretty closed off person. Of course, I appeared to be friendly and open. If you invited me to your Pampered Chef party, I came (and I bought something). I took my kids to playgroups and cub scouts and fraternized with the other moms. I took my…
Tag Archive: Relationships
Focus on the Good
I have friends going through difficult times. Some friends are single and healing from past hurts. Some are dealing with the aftermath of divorce. Some are struggling to stay married. I pray for marriage everyday. My marriage, my children’s future spouses, my friends marriages and marriage in general. God designed this special union to illustrate…
More on covenant and tackling ‘the talk’
Last month, we dipped our toes in the waters of covenant, a crucial theological concept and one that is vital when teaching our boys about marriage and sex. This month, I wanted to continue that conversation in a more practical way. Let’s talk about how to teach our boys about the concept of covenant from…
Covenant and the sex talk
Today’s culture and society has lost sight of the seriousness of the covenant of marriage and the role of sex. Sex is symbolic of a covenant between a married man and his wife. A covenant that we will be held accountable to one day. In a culture where sex is viewed casually and more than…
Playing catch up
Will someone remind me never to sign up for a 30 day meme again? It makes me feel completely inadequate when I miss a day and have to play catch-up. Maybe it’s good for the recovering perfectionist in me. Day 9: Something that makes my life easier There are many things but I want to…
Yes! This!
“Let me tell you something, Church. The term marriage has been tainted, scarred, and made a mockery of by the adulteress who willingly accepts a man from a troubled marriage. Marriage has been burnt alive by porn addiction and selfish husbands. Marriage has been destroyed by unforgiving wives and a blatant unwillingness by both parties…
Growing in your marriage
She needed to be a brunette. The bride-on-the-wedding-cake-topper-thingy, that is. Fourteen years ago, finding a brunette {because I am not blonde} cake-topper bride was a huge priority in my life. On the eve of making the biggest commitment of my life. Thankfully, my grandparents rose to the challenge and scoured stores in the four-state area…
Helicopter Parenting or Parenting Parenting?
My kids often accuse suggest to me that I am overly strict and involved in their lives. While I would probably have to plead “no contest” to such a charge in court, I think, I hope and I pray that I am doing this whole mama thing right. But am I? For example: an eleven…
Controlling? Me? Never!
Sheila does this every week….picks a topic for Wifey Wednesday that I strongly resonate with (maybe a little too strongly in this case). Today’s topic is “Losing the control freak inside you”. I read that title to my darling hubby as I prepared to type out this post and he laughed. Hard. I will preface…
Marriage Tips for Beginners
Image via Wikipedia Mike and I will celebrate our 13th anniversary in July. Every year we celebrate the fact that we have beat the odds, particularly for how young we were when we got married. Today Sheila encouraged us to look back and think about what we wish we had known when we first became…
