Neither did I. Somewhere along our marriage timeline, though, he became one. Yesterday at church we served in the nursery. We don’t particularly love this gig (don’t tell anyone), but we do it once a month for a lot of compelling reasons. Bill surprised me when we signed up by choosing the “large group teacher”…
I’m embarrassed to admit how quickly the giddy awe of marriage faded for me. How fast my husband went from being someone I anxiously prayed I’d find to some guy in my way. I don’t have an exact date but let’s just say I took the phrase “the honeymoon is over” too literally. My cynical…
I remember an engaged fraternity brother in college telling me he planned to break the bank for his honeymoon. “You have to do something memorable,” he said. “You only get one honeymoon.” I lacked vision or inspiration to travel when I married. Thankfully, my wife doubles as a secret, unpaid travel agent with ambitions to…
Blessed are the people whose God is the Lord!” Psalm 144:15 Melissa is married to a depressed husband. Next to an addiction, being married to a depressed spouse is one of the most difficult challenges a husband or wife could ever endure. Depressives tend to cast a pall not only on their own lives, but…
My husband is dancing. A moment ago I stood about where he is now, hovering on the edge of the action like a middle-schooler desperate to be included. The music had begun. The dancers had gathered. Someone mentioned river dancing, so I was ready to queue up with the crowd and learn something new. But…
