Is This The Man I Married?

“Is this the man I married?!” The thought rang between my ears as I choked down the anger and panic that was quickly rising up my throat. My husband is a rock.  Truly, he is the most consistent person I know.  Every day of marriage, I have greater assurance that I know exactly who he is and how […]

Fearing bad news

There is a lot of bad news I can imagine receiving, and recently I’ve found myself constantly imagining some of my worst fears coming to fruition. I’ve been told this is normal, but I don’t want to keep getting slammed with fear of bad news. And I’m realizing I don’t have to…

I don’t need a man

After graduating college without my MRS degree and realizing it was probably going to be quite a few years before I did decide to become a MRS, it became my goal to not need a man. You know what I mean. I wanted to be able to fix a leaky sink, install curtain rods or […]

Marriage isn’t a 50/50 partnership

There’s a story I frequently hear my husband tell other men. It goes like this: One night Tyler was lying on our bed while I was getting ready in the bathroom.  It had been a long day and he was resting before we headed out to meet some friends. “Hey babe, can you change the light […]

Things that drive you crazy

“I’m going to kill my husband,” she said. “He always leaves his shoes at the front door. No matter what I do; no matter how many times I ask, beg, plead, throw fits, he will not pick up his shoes and put them in our closet.  He knows it drives me crazy and for whatever reason, […]