Tag: marriage and parenting
Small Things, Big Love:: A Valentine’s Gratitude Challenge
February always gets me thinking about love. It’s Valentine’s Day month and whether you love, hate, or don’t even celebrate it, it’s the holiday...
Your Grief Included:: Being the Spouse of Someone Who is Grieving
While the holidays are a special time of year that are looked at with lots of love and joy and time spent with family....
The Astronaut Wife:: Choosing Hope Over Fear
Imagine for a moment you are holding the hands of your children, standing in a wide open field. Now imagine that a 30-second countdown...
Valentine’s Day:: Marking the Evolution of a Marriage
After several exhaustive hours of bath time, story time, and the inevitable "five more minutes" negotiations that accompany getting two rambunctious little boys into...
I Missed My Husband:: The Postpartum Grief No One Warned Me...
I remember the day that pregnancy test first showed a double line. It was an hour of shock followed by several more of elation....
It’s {almost} Always Work
I have been married now for 13.5 years and in that time I have learned a few things. And yes, I want FULL credit...
Sometimes I Hate My Husband and The Art of the Hate...
I love my husband. In every sense of the word he is my partner. He is an amazing father and an even better provider....
The Fight Box :: My Family’s New Year’s Resolution
My husband gave me this homemade "fight box" surprise for Valentine's Day 2018 {containing a nice bottle of Cabernet}. I'm not a big fan...
Breastfeeding Almost Killed My Marriage
We had only been married for two years and I wasn't sure how we were going to make it.
This is my personal story of...
How Disciplining My Child Changed My Marriage
"Get in the car or I'm going to lose my ever-living mind!!"
Toddlers push buttons. Some toddlers are super master-level craze-inducing minions {balanced with being...