Month: May 2016

The Beauty in Missing the Benchmark

The Beauty in Missing the Benchmark

  As I begin to write, I look at my beautiful baby girl asleep next to me. There’s a gentleness about her that calms me from the inside out. She was 22 months before she said “mama” for the first time. Each time my other children first spoke that word, I cherished the moment. There …

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Thirsty Thursday: Luke 6:42

Thirsty Thursday: Luke 6:42

As I pursue this blog ministry, I never want to create the misunderstanding as though I’m the good guy and my husband is the bad guy. Nor do I want the struggling wife that may be reading to form some sort of self-righteous belief of her lacking nothing and her husband lacking everything. Through our …

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Thirsty Thursday: 1 Peter 4:8

Thirsty Thursday: 1 Peter 4:8

To be honest, some days this verse has been soothing to my soul as I have witnessed the power of deep love among much sin. Other days I have found myself wrestling in prayer that surely God wouldn’t require me to extend love to my husband among his sins that were debilitating to my heart. Over and over, …

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When it’s Not so Warm and Fuzzy

When it’s Not so Warm and Fuzzy

Marriage. I used to believe it was all warm and fuzzy and that mine was hopeless. Work, wasn’t a word I associated with creating a good marriage, and mine had few warm and fuzzies. Instead, I had four years of marriage heartache in large doses. In fact, had we been less concerned with what other …

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The Rundown.

The Rundown.

Welcome. Thank you for taking the time to check out this site. It’s about to get exciting around here.  Feel free to kick back, take a deep breath and know you are not alone in your journey. Marriage is challenging but it is possible, even in the hard places. I’m walking through year five of marriage. …

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