When my wife, Cheri, and I were first married, we made a lot of plans. We made plans for our career and finances. We made plans to travel and purchase a home. And we had plans to start and raise a family. Those are of course, very typical plans. But life has a way of…
There we were. A week after our first child was just born. At the car dealership. Ready to pick out a car for our new family. We had both purchased cars before, but this time was different. This time was a moment we had envisioned for several months. This moment was one that made our…
One of the first signs that a relationship is “getting serious” is that you start to think about spending the holidays together. Thanksgiving and Christmas are times traditionally reserved for family, and so welcoming a significant other to share in the family turkey is a meaningful relational milestone. Walking down the aisle and exchanging “I…
I confess I like watching movies as much as anyone. I love a snappy dialog, a twist at the end, new characters to love (or to hate), and I love that I can enjoy all this without having to commit to anything for longer than two entertaining hours. I like to think that I can…
My husband and I had a tough week. With a very unexpected and sudden family death, it felt like we were plucked out of regular life and thrown into an obstacle course: Instead of the ease and familiarity of checking e-mails, I was jumping over barricades of family grief. When I would typically be cooking…
