In the very beginning of falling in love—those butterfly stomach, heart racing encounters—it seems so easy and natural to make time for each other. Then you get married and the years roll by and the kids come and the in-laws show up unannounced and you’re busy. Sometimes as our love progresses we can put aside […]
I have a husband. I like my husband. Of course, you do, you say, but I know many who don’t like their husband, or their ex-husband. (Get my point?) I’ve been married for over 40 years. So, what’s the secret to staying married for decades and still liking your mate? The secret is in the […]
Some days I can get so focused on me and over consume with the pressures life throws at me. Some days I almost forget there is another person in my life—a husband. A husband who I vowed to love and cherish and adore. A husband who is oh-so-good to me and yet some days I […]
Indeed, one of the loneliest and most heart wrenching feelings is when you are married but you feel alone in your marriage. I know. I’ve been there. Like many couples there was a time when my husband and I were really struggling in our marriage. Those were dark and lonely years—and very painful. Even thinking […]
Since I was a young child I’ve felt as if I’m asking the world to accept me and love me and choose me. Maybe you can relate. And I find myself translating this to my marriage…sometimes in a destructive way. Let me explain… When I’d ask my husband for something, and he’d say, “Maybe.” I’d […]
At the start of the coronavirus quarantine I was in another state and away from my husband. We live in California and I was visiting family in Texas. I became a little… somewhat… marginally… obsessively scared that I wouldn’t be able to fly home. I said to my husband, “Promise me you’ll drive here to […]
Helping a friend recruit people to help for an event at church, I was sending texts out at rapid-fire speed and accumulating my yes’s and no’s. I was on a mission. Full speed ahead, this train’s not stopping until all the seats are full. Me: Hey! Would you be interested in helping Friday night?… I’ll […]
I was sitting in a bagel store—in Texas—munching on my pumpernickel bagel with garden veggie shmear. Why don’t they call it cream cheese in Texas? So confusing, just call it cream cheese. That’s what it is! Shmear, who thought of that? I feel like an idiot just saying it. Shmear…I’ll have a bagel with shmear. […]
