Because we're mere days away from Valentine's Day, it seemed fitting to gather up everything I've learned about love and marriage into one place. I hope it encourages you or maybe helps to put a little fire back into your marriage. Cheers to love. 1. Marriage is hard work. Become okay with this. … [Read more...] about 50 Little Lessons on Love + Marriage
life lessons
In which I tell my hard truth about anxiety so you can tell yours
I sit in the medical office, just a routine visit, I’m fine- really, and she begins to check off my medical history: Heart surgery: No; Smoke: No; Drink: Well, I do need a glass of wine every now and then because of the wild and crazy babies, does that count?; and on and on we go. “Any health … [Read more...] about In which I tell my hard truth about anxiety so you can tell yours
when women wear bikinis
This body of mine has grown and stretched big to make room for these babies of ours. This body has proven its strength, its gentleness, its wild intensity, its resourcefulness as it carries me through each and every day. It has taken care of me and taken care of us and has not let me down, not a … [Read more...] about when women wear bikinis
on doing hard things
I sat on the bed of the fancy hotel room in Charleston with a fussy newborn finally, finally, asleep next to me, coverage of the Pope in Philly on the tv in front of me, eating leftover cold pizza from room service the night before because that same fussy newborn prevented me from eating it the … [Read more...] about on doing hard things
finding what i’m looking for
Every single night when I put the girls down for bed and we say our prayers, I thank God for the roof over our heads and the food on our table. The most basic of provisions. Food and shelter. I do it to remind our girls, even at their young ages, that there are people in this world who don't … [Read more...] about finding what i’m looking for
courage, dear heart
I see you everywhere. You're there in the store, attempting to try on maternity clothes with the toddler climbing underneath the door, spotting her window of escape. You're in your driveway at 7am, already dressed and getting in the car and heading to work and starting the new day. You're … [Read more...] about courage, dear heart