When considering marriage, few compare it to the idiosyncrasies of English grammar. However, there are more similarities than one may initially believe. Before flashbacks of high school English class begin, let’s look at marriage in grammatical terms. Marriage is not a contraction. A contraction takes two words such as “is” and “not” and combines them….
Recently our church walked through a series called The Blessing. In the final weeks of this series, our pastors asked, “How are you a blessing to those around you?” For the first two years of our marriage, we lived in a small house in upstate New York. Our little rental home was perfect for the…
My life is no longer all about me. Today Justin and I dream of moving out west together. I cannot think of a better dream than moving with the love of my life back to the mountains. Although mountains are not outside my window now, I realize that I made the right choice and no…
Ads and commercials constantly bombard us with the idea that we deserve this car or that vacation. If we want it, we should just buy it. Right? I think the national credit card debt speaks to the fact that people just can’t bring themselves to say no. Even young newlyweds often do not limit themselves—they…
If there is a bug, I will catch it. As a child, I never had to pretend that I was sick to get out of school. I always missed more than enough school because I really was sick. One evening, my mom thought I was pretending to be sick to get out of attending my…
