Don’t you appreciate it when someone is completely HonEst with you about a situation you have been secretly struggling with? As soon as they open up, you immediately think, “What a relief! I thought I was the OnLy oNe dealing with that!” When you get in those situations, do you return the FaVor by opening upContinue reading “What a Relief!”
Category Archives: Relationships
{My Husband’s Therapist}
“ThErApiSts” and can come in many forms. For some it is a ProFesSioNaL who has spent years in school learning to HeLp others. For others it is a trusted FriEnD or CoNfiDaNt. For my husband it is our chocolate lab, WaLtEr. One of my “therapists” is “RuNniNg. If you are needing a BoOsT, maybe it isContinue reading “{My Husband’s Therapist}”
Pajama Party!
Having a PajaMa ParTy is a regular occurance in our home. Sometime after dinner my daughter yells out, “Let’s have a pajama party!” Our PaRtY usually consists of vegging out in the living room, chasing each other in the front yard, or even helping Dad make chocolate chip cookies :) It is easy for one to think they haveContinue reading “Pajama Party!”
My way is the right way!
When I first started dating my husband, he always said something that really stuck with me: “Different strokes for different folks”. It wasn’t as if I had never heard that before, but that day it rang a bell in my mind as to how we should ReSpeCt the way people run their lives. I thinkContinue reading “My way is the right way!”
Bittersweet
Yesterday I sent my firstborn to KiNdErGaRtEn. {Sniff, Sniff} I was actually only a tad bit emotional. The real WaTeRwOrKs came the day before when I looked through her BaBy picture books. What was I thinking? I guess I was just trying to get a handle on how QuiCkLy those five years had gone. I’ve heard the StoRiEsContinue reading “Bittersweet”
You Are Who You Hang Around
If you want your life to head in a certain diRection, you’ll get the best results by surrounding yourself with people that “liVe” the life you are striving for. My husband I have found that ImProving our marriage, finances, parenting or how we treat other people, is much eAsiEr when we hang out with friends thatContinue reading “You Are Who You Hang Around”
All There
In this age of smart phones, Facebook, Twitter, and all the other distractions we deal with throughout our day it’s sometimes hard to “be all there” as exhorted by missionary/martyr Jim Elliot in his famous quote: “Where ever you are, be all there.” Where are you? Home –“Be all there.” Work – “Be all there.” Prayer –“Be all there.” InContinue reading “All There”
FRAN
Nine years ago this month I lost a very close friend to cancer. Her name was FrAn. I met Fran when I was in jr. high. She moved to my small town of 300 people with her husband, BoB, who was our K-12 school’s superintendent. They immediately became a part of our community and school. Fran LoVeD people, music and God. Actually, Fran justContinue reading “FRAN”
Fireproof your Marriage
Whether your marriage is rOck SoliD or needing a little work, there is a movie you Need to see. Fireproof is the B E S T movie I’ve watched when it comes to marriage. The movie was given to us as a giFt and my husband and I watch it together at least once a year. EachContinue reading “Fireproof your Marriage”
Make it Right
Have you ever said something to someone, and after thinking about it later, ReAlized they may have taken it the wrong way and got their FeelinGs hurt? A similar situation happened to me this week in an email message, and even though I was pretty sure this person didn’t take it the wrong way, itContinue reading “Make it Right”
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