Dear Irritated Wife, If pretty much everything your husband does irritates you, this letter is for you. Remember when you were first in love with him and he made you smile nonstop? His jokes were hilarious and the sound of his voice made you melt. You could barely stand to be away from him and…
I still remember one of our first arguments as newlyweds. “Kyle, the toilet is gross. Once the ring shows up, it means you waited too long to clean it. And I shouldn’t be the only one to do that.” “Wait, the ring means it’s dirty? I thought that’s just how our toilet was.” That meant…
I am constantly misplacing my hope. And when I do, I find myself frustrated. I get tossed around by my circumstances and the people around me and I suddenly feel insecure. This never fails to affect my marriage in a negative way. I forget that I am a precious child of God, safe and sound…
Have you ever had a disagreement with your spouse that seemed impossible to resolve? You know, those times when you are not on the same page, and there is no clear resolution in sight. It’s easy to let things get heated and suddenly a small issue becomes a huge issue. Then you both dig your…
Dear Sports Illustrated Magazine, I am writing this letter because I am confused. Yesterday, I was at the mall with my dad because he needed to run some errands. We were having a fun time together. We bought some donuts and hot cocoa and were really enjoying our day. As we walked past a magazine…
Dear husband, Here we are, twenty-four times we have celebrated Valentine’s Day. How far we have come and how deeply we have learned to love. When I say love, I mean the kind of love that endures storms and deserts and valleys. We have learned to love by giving instead of taking. This didn’t come…
I don’t want to deal with this. Bleh. It’s not going away, so I am just going to say this and move on. Fifty Shades of Grey is everywhere. I will say, I have not read this book. I scanned a few sample chapters online to get a good idea of the storyline. I was…
For most of our engagement, Kyle was working the 4 a.m. to 12 p.m. shift at JCPenny, going to school in the afternoon, and attending Fire Academy from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. He would then proceed to do the 40-minute drive home, do homework, and get up and do it all again the next…
I wrote a post last year called, To The Wife Who’s Ready to Run. It has been shared nearly fifty-thousand times, but it has also created a little bit of backlash. Some people think it was an unrealistic load of crap. Some have written me, asking me what I think about women being abused. Of course…
Before Kyle and I got married, we read through The Meaning of Marriage by Tim Keller. I read, reread, highlighted, and tried to store things in the back of my mind as best I could. But now that we’re nearly three years in, I’m reading it again, and it hits home even more than before.…