Share3Pin242TweetEmailShare1Reddit246 Shares 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 …
5 Tips for a Happier Husband
Share38Pin104TweetEmailShare1Reddit143 SharesMy 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. …
Am I Lovable
SharePin33Tweet1EmailShare1Reddit35 SharesIt was my Birthday and my husband took the day off. It’s always a treat to have fun days planned with him. He bought me this gorgeous sweater that fit just right! It was a big deal! I was having morning after morning breakdowns in my head because my clothes didn’t look right on me. Everything …
5 Ways to Make Him Significant Again
Share10Pin112TweetEmailShare1Reddit123 SharesIt 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 …
How to Have an Imperfectly Perfect Marriage
Share17Pin176TweetEmailShare1Reddit194 SharesSeveral 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 offer …
How to Be a Good (Second) Wife
SharePin206TweetEmailShare1Reddit207 SharesMarriage 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 …
Worthy of Love: A Perfect Groom and His Imperfect Bride
Share28Pin25Tweet1EmailShare1Reddit55 SharesMy 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. I …
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6 Ways to Cultivate a Happy Marriage
Share4Pin68TweetEmailShare1Reddit73 Shares 1. Serve each other. If you are anything like us, our lives can be pretty crazy busy at times. We have 8 children who usually need attention in one way or another. It is really easy for me as a mom to get so caught up in caring for them and to …
Dear Self
Share104Pin22TweetEmailShare1Reddit127 SharesDear Self, (A letter to myself on my wedding day, February 20, 1993) The day you’ve been dreaming about since you were little has arrived! Best of all, you and Paul can finally be together without saying good-bye. You won’t be dependent on the post-office and long-distance phone calls to make your relationship work. By the …
Living With Expectations
Share16Pin25TweetEmailShare1Reddit42 SharesThe 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 …