“When you pray for your husband, especially in the hopes of changing him, you can surely expect some changes. But the first changes won’t be in him. They’ll be in you.” –Stormie Omartian, The Power of a Praying Wife “I’ll pray for you”—something I tell those around me on a regular basis. I find myself…
When my husband and I got engaged, I thought wow I can’t believe I’m marrying this invincible hunk. And I was right, he’s a hunk. However, I hadn’t clued in on a very important aspect of him quite yet. I hadn’t clued in on the fact that he isn’t completely invincible. He is fragile, and he is…
“You what?!” “I lost it…” “How could you lose your health insurance card? It’s kind of important. Maybe if you carried a real wallet instead of keeping two cards in your phone case!” And so it began . . . a pointless argument about why he lost his insurance card. In the moment, I just…
We’re coming up on the one month anniversary of launching Nitty Gritty Love, and we’ve been blown away by the positive response we’ve gotten. We have some new ideas in the works for the next couple of months (we’ll explain more about that soon), but we want to hear from you! We need your suggestions to…
I’m so excited to introduce our first guest contributor, Abigail Larson. You can find her blogging at OurSureAnchor.com. Seven weeks ago, my husband, Andrew, began a rigorous six-day-a-week workout routine. To go along with this lifestyle change, he started packing a one-quart Mason jar of water around the house with the goal of drinking a…
Dear Kyle, I absolutely love our little life together. From our bright and cheery apartment, to our lazy evenings watching movies, to the way we chat and laugh about our crazy encounters each day. It’s so wonderful. I love that glowing look you get in your eyes right before you tell me you love me.…
I’ve been wronged. I don’t deserve this. How unfair. These are the thoughts that pour through my head when someone causes me distress. When Kyle says something that doesn’t sit well with me, I quickly begin thinking about all of the things I deserve. I linger on how things should have been said—the words Kyle…
Sometimes it’s easier to feel like a failure than it is to feel as though I’m as good of a wife as those surrounding me. Part of this is a result of a the facade I see on social media, and part of it is a result of having such high expectations for myself. I…
I remember reading books on the topic of dating in high school. They said “don’t date, you have absolutely no chance of marrying who you date in high school—and even if you do, it won’t turn out well.” I always knew Kyle was different than the boys I read about in those books. We always knew…
I’m not usually this cheesy, I promise. However, my coworkers and I were jamming out to some Rick Astley yesterday (yes, we’re that awesome) when one of them said “Wow…he makes a lot of promises.” I began to think of how he could possibly keep these promises; and I realized he couldn’t. Even if he…