Improving my love of life…. through loving God, self and others
In the last week I have attended a special wedding and a sweet, simple funeral. The wedding was for family friends who we have watched grow up; we went back to Minnesota to witness the event and it was well worth it. The funeral was for a man we didn’t know, but after hearing about... Continue Reading →
It’s that time again, the season to be thinking of all the ways to improve in life with New Year’s resolutions, when in reality maybe we need New Life resolutions. I don’t need lofty goals at the beginning of the year that will just make me feel bad about myself when I don’t reach them;... Continue Reading →
“Mom, you’ve been holding out on me! I had a double Whopper with cheese and it was awesome!” said my 16 year old son yesterday. It was a sad day of mourning; I can no longer protect him from the evils of fast food. I’m only kidding, my children have certainly had food from the... Continue Reading →
It's really none of my business what you're doing in your bedroom, but I have a suggestion about what not to do. For twenty years of marriage, we have never had a television in our bedroom. If we did, we just might watch it. And truly, there are more fun things we could be doing....
The last of the holiday visitors left a while ago. My college co-ed will be home in a few days. So many special people have been and will be sitting at our table, eating with us, sharing where they are now and where they have been. All sleeping here for some amount of time, and... Continue Reading →
I have had a rich, satisfying love relationship with Target. In the early years it was often the only outing of the day with two pre-schoolers who would willingly get into the cart and ride around as I filled my quota. Where else could I go and have an instant calm take over me, while... Continue Reading →
“Are you planning to mow the grass today?” I asked my teenaged son one day over the summer and he replied with an honest, “Nope.” I suggested that my teenaged daughter do her laundry last week, and she said no thank you. Now, as the mom I have a choice to get upset with my... Continue Reading →
For as long as I can remember, I have struggled with judging distance, it's tough determining the speed in which an object is moving toward or away from me. Estimating amounts is another area that is difficult, I tend to try to fit way too much soup into a tiny container or choose a large... Continue Reading →
Years ago my guy and I used the term ’get lucky’ when talking about having sex. I would tease him, saying that he was only loading the dishwasher in hopes of getting lucky, or tell him what his chances of getting lucky were on a given day. My whole perspective changed when one of those... Continue Reading →
This is a blog for women who struggle with control on their marriages. I have recommended it to many women, and this post is a good introduction to her teaching.
Each wife’s story and each marriage is unique. I write primarily for wives who tend to be dominating, controlling, “overly-helpful,” perfectionistic and disrespectful in their marriages. Most of us don’t realize that we are doing these things and aren’t purposely doing them. Many of us start out thinking we HAVE to act the way we do because our husbands “won’t” or “can’t” lead. That’s what I used to think!
I have walked beside hundreds of women on this journey now, and, of course, I have been walking it myself for almost 5 years now. It took me over 2 years before I BEGAN to feel like I had any clue what I was doing with respect and biblical submission. It felt VERY awkward and foreign at first. And I scrambled trying to learn from many different books but I felt like I was having to reinvent the wheel by…
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