in an answer to several prayers (i guess even God kills two birds with one stone) bryan and i were invited to join a couples bible study at the end of the summer, where “newlyweds” of up to five years meet every other week to discuss scripture (1st john) as well as a spiritually themed [...]

i am definitely the kind of gal that likes to get fancy and go out to a nice dinner with her stud of a man every once in awhile, and we do that every so often. but lately bryan and i have been taking the less expensive route when it comes to dates, and what [...]

lately it seems like the topic of children is upon me. out of nowhere, people are talking, asking, inquiring, pursuing. when do you plan on having kids? will you move beforehand? how many do you want? will you quit your job? will you ever go back to work? will you find out the sex ahead [...]

tonight the sky was streaked with sorbet as i walked, thinking about what my days will look like now that i know i need to spend more time in the Word. the thing about marriage is everything becomes contagious. not just a cold or flu virus (which is one of those unspoken perks), but language, [...]

thank. you. spring. for your arrival, that is. gone are the days of trudging to work in my merrills with their snowflake treadmarks left in the snow. gone is the desire to strike a match in the fireplace or turn the thermostat up to blazing, knowing the heat bill will suffer. gone are the nights [...]

maybe it’s just me, but it seems like we are culturally conditioned to assume our own failure before success. or to simply assume failure, period. i did something this week i never thought i would do a year ago. i took a financial test – a huge, motherload of a test called the series 7. [...]