My husband has a t-shirt that says, Be professional, be polite, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet.” He really is a good guy, he just doesn’t want you to know it. With three deployments under his belt and 16 years active duty in the Army, Patrick is the quintessential soldier. He is…
“I need you to listen to me with your eyes,” Stephanie, my wife, says as we’re discussing our upcoming weekend plans. Truth be told, I was in the middle of a project on my computer and didn’t want to stop. “I’m listening, just keep talking,” I reply. She continues talking and then asks me for…
Have you ever noticed that the Bible begins and ends with a marriage? Near the beginning of Genesis with Adam and Eve we witness the first uniting of a man and woman by God. In Revelation, Jesus returns and we experience a wedding between the Church (the bride) and Jesus (the bridegroom). John and Stasi…
The usual, good-natured weekend smack down: What movie to watch. I crossed my eyes and feigned lunacy. “If we watch one more man-movie, I’ll go crazy.” I made a vain attempt to swipe the remote from my husband. “Hang on, look, it’s Superbowl commercials!” Being the remote master, he quickly selected to preview a half-dozen…
When we first got married, my wife and I made a decision to go to bed together at the same time. We had been told by more than one person that schedules can get hectic and bed time can help us reconnect daily. And we believed it. For the first few months, we disciplined ourselves,…
