Is Facebook the new “Keeping Up With The Joneses” for marriage? We scroll through our Facebook feed and the next thing you know you want to go to Hawaii like your friends Homer and Beatrice. But what if your husband doesn’t want to go to Hawaii? Or you see a couple at Disneyland wearing matching […]
It’s that time of year where we make our resolution lists. This year I’m writing a NOT New Year’s Resolution List. I will not make a resolution list this year. I will not beg God to do things the way I think they need to be done. I will not focus on negative irritations about […]
Do you remember those foam rollers? Did you know you can still get those today? For me, foam rollers and Christmas go together. As a little girl growing up my mom used foam rollers on my hair once a year. Christmas Eve my sister and I would take our baths, and then our mom would […]
What do YOU want for Christmas? What’s on the top of your Christmas wish list? My list is very short this year, and, in fact, it consists of one item only. I want it so badly; I’d do just about anything for it. But before I tell you what it is, I’d like to tell […]
Christmas is almost here y’all! Do those words bring feelings of joy and contentment, or a little anxiety and distress? I can understand if this season brings some stress. There are gifts to be bought, decorations to put up, parties to prepare for, and feasts to plan for. And on top of all of this, […]
I love visiting churches. Don’t you? While I was in Missouri I got the opportunity to visit a church. Not just any church, the church my son attends while he’s at college. I loved the church. I loved being with fellow Christ followers and receiving great Bible teaching. And yet, as you know, if you’ve […]
I was scrolling through Facebook when I saw it. It was big. It was beautiful. I wanted it. I started to feel like my life wasn’t full without it. And what was this thing I had to have in order to feel happy? Are you ready for this? A kitchen. Has that ever happened to […]
We said our goodbyes and he pulled away from the curb. I don’t like saying goodbye to my husband, but on this particular early morning I was over-the-top excited to be flying to Missouri to visit our son at college. I asked the nearest person in a uniform where I had to go for Allegiant […]
I walked into my kitchen, saw a pile of dirty dishes and thought… He [my husband] doesn’t love me. After 34 years of being in a devoted and faithful marriage, and a kitchen with dirty dishes turns me into an insecure high school girl who just found out her boyfriend forgot their three-month anniversary. What […]
