Yes, yes, I know Mother’s Day is over. But being a Mom is everyday. Since the close of our mom day, I’ve been contemplating the joys and absolute ruckus that surrounds motherhood. This was my first Mother’s Day as an “empty nest” mom. Truth be told, I don’t much like having an empty nest. Can […]
Friends, In honor of Mother’s Day we have a special guest post by my daughter, Monica Welch. Monica is a new mom, a writer, and a pastor’s wife. You will thoroughly enjoy this article. Prepare for Poop: Confessions from a New Mom by Monica Welch I am going to talk about poop. In great detail. […]
Hi Lu, My wife and I are both Christians. Actually it was my wife who brought me to Christianity. I first heard you and your husband on Frank Sontag’s show back in February. Your story and your explanations of what marriage is all about were highly insightful to me. I immediately began to try to […]
The Bible tells us to “love our neighbor.” Who’s our neighbor? Can I tell you about my neighbors? We love the family who lives next to us. When one of their chickens somehow got under the fence and into our backyard, our cocker spaniel had a heyday. I am talking a HEYDAY! The kind with […]
I was mad at my husband. He had come home really tired and slightly cranky. We had agreed to go to an author event at the Barnes & Noble where I’d be having my author event. Mike was selfless enough to go with me as soon as he arrived home. But that’s not what I […]
I’ve been watching the TV show This Is Us. I love it. Confession: I’m kind of addicted, much like I’m kind of addicted to food and coffee and peanut butter. There was one episode highlighting Thanksgiving. The family in this show was on their way to see Grandma and Grandpa and spend Thanksgiving with them. […]
My husband and I were watching a movie about a writer. The writer in the story would take all the rejection letters he received and pin each one on the wall of his living room. The wall was wallpapered with rejection letters from end to end. It was a sea of endless rejection. I can […]
I was reading each day’s post to my husband. These posts were very special to me. My publisher offered a 7-Day Marriage Challenge taken from my book. I signed up. Yes, I signed up for the marriage challenge that I wrote! Kind of funny, huh? As the challenges showed up in my inbox I read […]
In the earlier years of my marriage when the subject of infidelity came up, I would voice that was the one thing I couldn’t bear. Who could possibly stay with someone who is unfaithful? Who could possibly stand by when a spouse is having fun elsewhere? Teasing… gruffness… forgetting to pick up the milk… long […]
The phone rang. Often that’s the first thing that happens when bad news arrives. On this particular day, the phone ringing was how it began. It was my mom. She was crying. She delivered the news to me that my aunt had passed away. It hit with a skip of my heart, which then ached, […]
