Lights of Hope in Times of Darkness – Encouraging Songs in Troubled Times
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Lights of Hope in Times of Darkness – Encouraging Songs in Troubled Times

I tried many different ways to show these videos, and doing a playlist on YouTube ended up being the easiest way. Whatever you’re going through, I hope these songs bless you. The first song in this set means so much to me. It’s called “You Alone” and this version is by The Sisters. I first…

The League and the Lantern {Book Review}

The League and the Lantern {Book Review}

Author: Brian Wells A concerned dad who couldn’t find quality entertainment for his kids. He has worked on and produced 15 TV movies for the major networks, and this is his book debut. Synopsis: The League and the Lantern is the first book in a new adventure series for middle-school readers. It all starts when…

{Book Review} 8 Simple Tools for Raising Great Kids
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{Book Review} 8 Simple Tools for Raising Great Kids

Disclosure (in accordance with the FTC’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising”): The following is a review. Opinions are 100% my own and NOT influenced by monetary compensation. I did receive a sample of the product in exchange for this review and post. My son saw me…

Loved & Blessed {Product Review}

Loved & Blessed {Product Review}

Disclosure (in accordance with the FTC’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising”): The following is a review. Opinions are 100% my own and NOT influenced by monetary compensation. I did receive a sample of the product in exchange for this review and post. I don’t know about…

Becoming One by Honoring the ONE

    About five years into our marriage, my husband and I went through two years of turmoil.  The big “D” word even came up.  We are both Christians and believe that divorce is not an option but were pushed to the point of consideration.  It was that bad.     We were basically living as roommates…

5 Tips for a Happier Husband

5 Tips for a Happier Husband

My hubby and I are celebrating 19 years of wedded bliss choice today. Truly, loving someone is a choice you make. Daily. Because although the euphoria of “feeling in love” is typically what leads a couple down the aisle, that feeling never lasts. Somewhere between mortgages, diapers, laundry and sick days, it gets lost. You…

5 Ways to Make Him Significant Again

It was a quiet Sunday afternoon, and we were doing the usual things to prepare for the week. I was in the kitchen washing dishes when I heard a loud crash. My husband had fallen from a ladder in the next room! Knowing how high the ladder was, my mind immediately started racing. A flood of…

How to Have an Imperfectly Perfect Marriage
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How to Have an Imperfectly Perfect Marriage

    Several years ago, my neighbor was having a difficult time in her marriage. Her husband was leaving her and she could not stop crying. I remember finding her scrunched up in the corner of her sofa. My heart broke for her. I sat with her and I cried alongside her. I tried to…

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How to Be a Good (Second) Wife

Marriage is wonderful. Marriage is also hard. When getting married, we all bring some things from our pasts into the marriage. But what if some of those “things” are remnants and products of a previous marriage? I’m a second wife to a second husband. I never thought I’d marry twice. When I married the first…

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Worthy of Love: A Perfect Groom and His Imperfect Bride

    My imperfections were glaring when I met my husband. At 19, I had already been divorced from an abusive man and endured indescribable difficulties. My young son had just turned one year old, and I assumed no one would ever truly love me. There was too much in my life that made me unworthy of love….

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Living With Expectations

The expectations we carry into marriage influence us in many ways. If those ideas and assumptions are met, the relationship is happy and peaceful. If expectations are not met, disappointment with the other spouse and disillusionment in the marriage sets in. Early in our marriage, I wondered why my husband wasn’t doing things I thought…

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The Perfectly Unstable Wife

The beginning of my relationship with my husband was built on a shaky foundation. The relationships that were to serve as healthy models during our childhood had instead given light to what we didn’t want. Barely adults, we stood upon a threshold littered with tiny shards of hope. Taking a leap of faith, at the…

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Recipe for a Healthy In-Law Relationship

There we were, young college students living far from our families, clueless about this institution we’d just signed onto called marriage. After the honeymoon, it didn’t take long for us to realize we were polar opposites. I was from the North; he was from the South. I liked to talk; he liked it quiet. I…

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Relying on My Husband…Instead of Jesus

Unfortunately, it’s possible to sabotage your marriage while living as an otherwise happily married Christian woman. I know this from experience. Although I didn’t realize it at the time, I was guilty of relying on my husband for the comfort and peace that can only come from Jesus Christ. That’s an impossible expectation and when my…

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Mermaid Moon by Colleen Coble {Book Review}

“Disclosure (in accordance with the FTC’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising”): The following is a review. Opinions are 100% my own and NOT influenced by monetary compensation. I did receive a copy of the product in exchange for this review and post. ABOUT THE BOOK To move…

PASSION: Salvation’s Tide is Rising {Music Review}

“Disclosure (in accordance with the FTC’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising”): The following is a review. Opinions are 100% my own and NOT influenced by monetary compensation. I did receive a digital sample of the product in exchange for this review and post. About PASSION albums: Since the…

Hope for the Hurting: (An update on Jenn)

Hope for the Hurting: (An update on Jenn)

Jenn saw the doctor, at Valle Vista, today and has been been diagnosed with borderline personality disorder and possible autism. She has been prescribed new medications and took her first doses tonight. They want to observe her until at least Monday. If she shows a substantial improvement (75%) she will come home then. I did…

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The Golden Braid {Book Review}

DISCLOSURE: I received a complimentary copy of this book from Litfuse Publicity Group in exchange for my review. Opinions are my own. No compensation was received for this review. About the book: The Golden Braid (Thomas Nelson, November 2015) The one who needs rescuing isn’t always the one in the tower… Rapunzel can throw a…