Mar 14, 2013 | Encouraging Solid Marriages, Uncategorized
Your wedding preparation and celebration are special stepping stones to your upcoming marriage — the most intimate and important relationship that you have with another person. StartMarriageRight.com is an online relationship resource dedicated to help guide...
Feb 26, 2013 | Encouraging Solid Marriages, Uncategorized
These days, people laugh when they see our wedding picture. And then they say mildly condescending things like, “You both look so young.” (Since we’re ancient now.) Or obligatory things like, “You look beautiful.” Or curious things like, “Where did you find brown...
Feb 14, 2013 | Encouraging Solid Marriages, Uncategorized
Collin and I met. I think that’s more important than most parts of this story, since it was made possible mostly by last-minute decisions and a lot of luck. If you’ve had the pleasure to meet your spouse that way, I hope you know what a gift it is. Every...
Feb 7, 2013 | Encouraging Solid Marriages, Uncategorized
“One of us is going to die first,” she said as she stared sideways at the wall, wrapped in a quilt of faded blues and milky whites, as if to shelter herself from the reality of her declaration like a kid hiding from the night. Her head was on the pillow,...
Feb 4, 2013 | Encouraging Solid Marriages, Inspiring Brides and Grooms, Uncategorized
David and I enjoyed the part of wedding planning where we brainstormed ways to strip the traditions that didn’t matter and kept or amped up the ones that we thought pointed to something bigger than ‘American wedding standards’. A few examples of...
Jan 31, 2013 | Encouraging Solid Marriages, Uncategorized
i was 25. he was 30. we were married in june. big southern wedding with a plethora of bridesmaids and groomsmen. i thought we’d have forever. at 25 i guess i still felt immortal. being two strong personalities we let disagreements linger longer than we should...