20+ Practical Ways to Care for Your Spouse
“How do you spell ‘love’?” – Piglet “You don’t spell it…you feel it.” – Pooh” – A.A. Milne Love is a feeling, which in order to be felt needs to be converted into…
“How do you spell ‘love’?” – Piglet “You don’t spell it…you feel it.” – Pooh” – A.A. Milne Love is a feeling, which in order to be felt needs to be converted into…
I’m an expat. I was born in Louisiana, grew up in rural Georgia, and moved abroad to Australia in 2013. The plan was to stay for a year, to work as an au pair while interning with a global non-profit, and then to go home with a career path for my future. The plan was…
I was a chronic liar before I hit double digits. I lied about how I was feeling: No, I’m not angry. I’m just tired. I lied about what I wanted to do: I don’t care which movie we go see. Lying was not only easy—it allowed me to avoid both conflict and rejection. I grew…
The Great Seasonal Stand-off—the annual decision of where to go for holidays—may be one of the first major compromises for newlyweds. When my husband and I were first married, my parents lived in Alaska and his parents in Michigan. It was impossible to visit both places for our first Christmas together. Would we split the…
The LORD God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.” Genesis 2:18 Before I got married, I spent hours dreaming about the man my future husband would become after we said, “I Do.” I was sure that my soon-to-be status as his wife…