May 23, 2013 | Encouraging Solid Marriages, Uncategorized
If We Were Flowers Two flowers bloom beside our mailbox. We don’t know who planted the stately gladiolus. The first spring we pulled him up With the weeds, not respecting his ancestry Nor comprehending his mystery. The next spring we made room for him And waited. We...
May 8, 2013 | Encouraging Solid Marriages, Uncategorized
You see, back in college, my heart friends and I read an article about making lists. We made lists about everything, including our future husbands. The qualities that I wanted him to possess, the faith that I wanted him to have, the personality I thought he should...
Apr 29, 2013 | Encouraging Solid Marriages, Uncategorized
Before my husband and I got married, I had grandiose ideas about how we would be inseparable. We would remodel our house together. We would conquer the world together. We were friends after all, even before we ever considered dating. And we had gone through our...
Apr 16, 2013 | Encouraging Solid Marriages, Uncategorized
Done: For days when marriage feels impossibly hard I am the kind of done that gets out of the car. I wrap my sweater tight against the wind and try not to stamp my feet; conscious of how large and childish my anger swells. My favorite boots crush glass shards,...
Apr 9, 2013 | Encouraging Solid Marriages, Uncategorized
I was one of those girls who always dreamed of getting married. I wanted to wear a pretty dress, carry a bouquet of flowers, and walk down the aisle to my Prince Charming. Not only did I dream of my wedding day, but my mind also wandered to what it would be like to...
Mar 22, 2013 | Encouraging Solid Marriages, Uncategorized
We didn’t use the traditional wedding vows when we got married. At the ages of 19 and 20, you don’t have the self-awareness to write your own, you’re just SO ready to belong physically to that other person and start a new adventure together, romantically imagining...
