Twelve years in with this man, and I’m still finding my way. So much about love seems like it should light up the world, ain’t no thing. Sure, some bumps at the beginning when we’re young and new at this and new at being parents and making ends meet but sometimes not. Sure, there are some … [Read more...] about when my husband drove me crazy, i did this instead
the work of love
building a real marriage: how to restore the broken pieces
He walks in from work and I’m at the kitchen counter, chopping onions and potatoes and handing out carrots to hungry babies who just cannot even wait a single minute longer for dinner to be ready, they are the hungriest they have ever been, ever. He walks up behind me and wraps his arms around me, … [Read more...] about building a real marriage: how to restore the broken pieces
when staying married feels impossible
Somehow we have ended up here- eleven years in, three wild and free babies, our North Carolina home, sitting on the back porch on the last evening of the summer, drinking wine and laughing and lamenting and dreaming and talking about who we are and who we once were and our truest true. One of us … [Read more...] about when staying married feels impossible
the best gift i ever gave to my husband
There was a time when my vision was off. In the season of busy, the season of difficult, the constant work, the lack of quality time, I began to notice what was not happening rather than what was. I saw the dishes in the sink, placed there after a meal still not cleaned up. I heard the … [Read more...] about the best gift i ever gave to my husband