If you’d like to start at the beginning of my story click here. Well after that, all civility and trying to make the best of a bad situation was gone. We stood and fought over what to do, where to go, and what to eat, all in big huff. Finally I said that I didn’t… [continue reading]
Marriage and Communication
With my background in Biblical counseling, I find communication issues very interesting. While it’s very easy to find problems in the way other people relate, it is much more difficult in one’s own relationships. Here is an excerpt from our life. The last few months Jason and I have had a running discussion about restaurants. … [continue reading]
Losing my Baby: Suffering is not License to be Selfish
If you would like to start from the beginning of my journey click here: Part1 Losing my Baby: No Early Warning Signs A friend on Facebook posted a quote that said something like, “Anyone can deal with a trauma, it’s everyday life that kills ya.” I tried but couldn’t find the exact quote. It has… [continue reading]
To Make My Husband Laugh
One of my daily goals is to make my husband laugh. This is today’s success story: We were eating supper–steak and German potato salad. My little two-year-old boy was happily eating his potato salad. Evidently he and I were the only two that cared for it. My daughter Joy was impressed that he would eat… [continue reading]
A Funny Thing Happened at McDonnald’s
My dear husband is very one-track minded. This can be a great asset because he can be so intent on something that he can accomplish it under the most chaotic of circumstances—and chaotic circumstances are not rare at our house. At times, however, it can work against him in a most comical manner. One evening… [continue reading]
Meals that Flopped
A couple of years after my initial cooking woes, I was no longer working outside the home. We didn’t have any children yet, so I spent much of my time planning and preparing for my husband elaborate meals, which he thoroughly enjoyed. Even if I didn’t like a dish, he always ate it–except on two… [continue reading]
Newlywed Cooking Lessons
When we were first married, I set out to be the perfect wife. Only my new husband’s definition of the perfect wife and mine were immensely different. So for several months, okay years, I labored on my own mission and he set out to tell me how he wanted me to be. Fun, fun, fun!… [continue reading]
Marriage
The other day Jason and I were talking about our dating relationship versus our marriage relationship. I told him that marriage was quite a shocker for me because I expected him to be just as interested in my views, desires, and wishes as when we dated and…uh…he wasn’t. 🙂 He didn’t really say much after… [continue reading]
What Goes Around Comes Around
Several years ago when our oldest was a baby, Jason purchased about fifty dollars’ worth of shirts and jeans and took them home to try on since Sam’s Club does not have dressing rooms. The next morning we got in the car to return most of them to get our money back. When we arrived… [continue reading]
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 5
- 6
- 7