Next week, my parents will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary, and we’ve pulled out all the stops to honor this achievement! This past Saturday, the whole family (minus three grandchildren out of town) gathered in …
Guest blogging
I have a devotional blog post up at www.cravehim.com/blog today. Come over and join me! …
What 29 Years of Marriage Has Taught Me about the Love of God
We celebrated our anniversary last week. Twenty-nine years of marriage. There have definitely been ups and downs through those years, but the longer we are married (and the older I get!), the more I see how marriage puts …
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A Happy 50th Birthday Sunday Psalm!
A bit of a departure from the usual Sunday Psalm in honor of my main man who turns 50 today! He is kind, funny, humble, generous, and considerate. He makes a great breakfast/brunch spread. Loves his kids. Loves me. But most …
The Accidental Traveler
I'm not a very good traveler. I get super stressed over the packing, the flights, the drives. If there is turbulence, heaven help my seatmate-even if it is my hubby, who knows to expects me to squeeze his hand more tightly …
My Quiet House
My daughter is settled in Philly, looking for a job, ready to start grad school. My older son is couch-surfing in his college town, the suburban full of furniture and all his stuff, meeting with the classroom teacher he'll …
A Lesson in Trust
This week, I'm preparing to go on another trip with my husband. Part business, part pleasure. But as I was trying to set up a plan to meet a friend at our destination, I realized I didn't have all the details of our trip. …
10 Things That Excite Me about my Empty Nest
Today we take our youngest child to college. We move him in and drive home to an empty house. While I will miss having kids around on a daily basis, there are things that excite me about the Empty Nest stage of life. Here are …
Keep Dreaming
As a dating/engaged/newly married couple we spent lots of time dreaming about our first house. And our dream house. Of course life does what it does and alters what you think you want. Or what you need. Or what you can …
Happy 50th Anniversary, Mom and Dad!
Fifty years ago today, she met him at the altar. Fifty years ago today, he left his father and mother to cleave unto his wife. Fifty years of good times. Fifty years of rough patches. Fifty years watching four kids grow, …