A Passionate Heart For The Ways Of Jesus
So, this morning I was visiting this blog called To Love, Honor, and Vacuum. For those of you who do not know, it is the internet writing space of Sheila Wray Gregoire. She is an excellent author and speaker on the subjects of marriage and relationship with a focus on helping women. I like Sheila. [...]
How is it possible for time to move so rapidly? What seems like yesterday is years passed in the blink of an eye. Twenty-four years ago, the day dawned bright and blue while snow flakes sparkling light diamonds blanketed the ground. Anticipation grew as the time of our wedding drew near. On that day, I [...]
A number of years ago, when Thom and I were still dealing with our troubles, my sister said something to me. I was lamenting myself for a fool over the situation with my husband. Divorce seemed imminent. You see, I was in my early forties. My thoughts was along the lines of “What am I [...]
“And we can be like that in our marriages, too. We stop talking about matters of the heart and only talk logistics: who is going to the grocery store, who is driving to karate lessons, who is going to help mom this weekend. We criticize when we should keep our mouth shut; we retreat to [...]
I want to take a moment to be very real with those of you, my friends, who are wives (or husbands). Marriage is tough. There is this ideal we have been given to expect when it comes to a marriage. Movies and books portraying “epic romances” or relationships where there is never strife or conflict. [...]
My husband and I have this running joke where we agree I'm not a good housewife. He likes to say he didn't marry me for my housekeeping skills. Except I was thinking about it as I cleaned the dishes (and so what if they'd been in the sink a couple of days?), vacuumed the carpet [...]