In most cases, we want to be first. The first in line. The first to accomplish something. The first to figure out the complicated equation. I like being first, don’t you? Can we apply this principle to marriage? Follow me here… The sport my oldest son chose was boxing. I cringed every time he got […]
Have you ever met someone who impacted you in such a way that it caused you to reevaluate who you were? It was random. During a “girls’ retreat week” Susan and I would be sharing a room. The first thing I noticed about her was that she was beautiful and not the teenage hot kind […]
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 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 […]
Happy birthday my dear husband, I wish I could say that our 34 years together have been glorious, but we both know I’d be lying. Even just this past Sunday I erupted all over you because I needed more time before I could leave and you were trying to help me by “hurrying me along” […]
When I found out from my publisher that they wanted me to have a promo video done for my book my first reaction was panic. I wish I could tell you that it was excitement but it wasn’t. It was panic. How am I going to do this? What do I say? Who’s going to […]
I learned something about marriage this week. Marriage and patience go hand in hand. Let me rephrase that, a solid marriage and patience go hand in hand. Before we move on, I’d like to write the definition of patient… Patient Adjective: able to accept or tolerate delays, problems, or suffering without becoming annoyed or anxious. […]
Friends, Today I’d like to introduce you to Pastor Rocky Hernandez. Rocky is doing significant work for the Kingdom, not only as a pastor, but through his podcast, Productive Ministry. And this week guess who is the guest speaker about marriage? Y’all it’s me! If you want to strengthen your marriage today, with easy doable […]
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 […]
