Love + Marriage

Dear Husband, For all the times I wished to be left alone, I never want to be left alone again. The cliché saying "absence makes the heart grow fonder" is 100% true. I got a hard look at what your...

My husband and I recently celebrated our tenth anniversary. We’ve had three kids, lived in four houses and three cities, and gone on too many adventures to mention. In some ways it feels like a long time, but in...

My husband and I are getting ready to celebrate our tenth wedding anniversary next month. Want to know something crazy? We’re only 32 and 33-years-old. In a world where people in their twenties are focusing more on careers, higher...

I don't know how it is possible, but March 21st will mark the 10th anniversary of the day I married my favorite person. I can admit that I went into marriage thinking I pretty much had this wife thing...

When I looked at the calendar and saw that my next post would be published on Valentine’s Day, it took a moment for me to dislodge my eyeballs from my brain after rolling them SO HARD. I’m not romantic. Ever the...

Before you read this letter, let me be clear about my angle. Our family has been blessed with resources that most do not have. Our kids are clothed, sheltered, and cared for beyond their basic needs. We are fortunate...

  When I was pregnant with our firstborn I was given a lot of advice from those who had gone before me, both solicited and otherwise. Much of it was wise and helpful, some less so, but there is one...

Before my husband and I had children, dates nights were a weekly occurrence. Now that we have three young boys, we take what we can get. Frequent date nights just aren't possible during this season of life, so one...

Couples dermatologist appointments are great because you each have moral support and can hold the other accountable if they want to chicken out of the visit. Most procedures can be performed in the office during the appointment so no need to schedule another day to come in. Making a tandem appointment with a spouse is also helpful because the doctor can point out places to watch on the other in hard to see places like the back, neck, and top of the head.

When I married my husband almost eight years ago, I knew that there would be many differences that would come to light in those first few weeks. We would have wrong expectations about an array of things: Who would...