To the Spouse who Happens to not be the Parent, Please tell me you understand. For starters, it was an overwhelming day. You see, I had 2 interviews for a position I was eager to fill, a workshop I had facilitated, and only half an hour between all 3 of these tasks. Did I mention…
I have to admit, when I first got married I had this false idea that we were going to be in marital bliss for the rest of our lives. I believed that all of our problems would just fade away and that I would finally live the life I’ve always wanted. This was not always…
When my husband and I first met, we were both in committed relationships with other people, and neither one of us could stand each other. I thought he was a chauvinist, and he thought I was just another mouthy feminist! Who would’ve thought, years down the road, that the Lord would bring us together? As…
The butterflies ceased, the kind words of affirmation came to a halt, and those go-out-of-my-way gifts for him dwindled. I didn’t know when or how this happened, but one day I realized we were brother and sister, not friends and lovers. When I was engaged to my husband, I never thought for a second that marriage…
It had been a crazy week! I’m not talking about your usual crazy. No, I mean the kind of week where we wondered how we would survive! My husband had some business affairs that had him out of the home every evening on top of being away during the day. In an effort to be supportive,…
