Marriage
Marriage Letters: Opposites Attract
Dear Scott, Some days, as we move through life together, that old song by Paula Abdul runs through my head. You know the one: “We come together ‘cuz opposites attract.” If you ask someone for one word to describe you, they almost always respond “steady.” Ask someone about me and if we’re lucky, they’ll come…
Read MoreA Plain Ol’ Ordinary Love Letter
You’re lounging on the couch, still sporting the blanket under which you napped. “Now that’s a hot husband – one who’s folding laundry!” You laugh when I say it. I laugh too, but I mean it. I don’t think you realize just how hot it is when you wash dishes, scrub down the bathrooms, help…
Read MoreMarriage Letters: This Is Marriage
Every Monday my husband Scott and I are participating in a little writing project called Marriage Letters started by Seth and Amber Haines in an effort to encourage other married couples in the hard work of relationships. Did you write one this week? Visit Amber’s blog to link it. This week we wrote on nightly…
Read MoreHoneymoon Fantasies – A Letter to Scott
Scott and I are copying fellow blogging couple extraordinaire, Amber and Seth Haines, in meme they started last week, letters to your spouse. You can read Scott’s letter here. This week we decided to write on “secret fantasies… for the future.” Don’t miss Seth and Amber’s letters this week. We wrote our letters independently, only exchanging…
Read MoreThe One Time I’m Happy About My Husband’s Business Trip (Plus Me in *Front* of the Camera)
My husband took a business trip last week, which normally would propel me into manic-single-parent mode. But not this time! My fabulous in-laws agreed to take the kids for us (#500), so I launched into manic parents-leaving-kids-behind-during-the-school-year mode. It was totally worth it when my husband loaded up the car and threw my bags in…
Read MoreThirteen Years
This is us, thirteen years ago. We were high on togetherness, reveling in the new end of our day together (a kiss, a “good night,” and a settling into our pillows instead of a hug and a parting of ways in our cars). We found fun in grocery shopping late at night, taking our disobedient…
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