This past Saturday I had a chance to talk to a group of young ladies about self-confidence. The goal was to help them understand that God’s word clearly shows them who they are in Him and to help them drown out the noise. It was a wide range of ages – 7 through 18, but …
Category Archives: Marriage
New Year’s Resolutions
Got ya! I stopped making resolutions about seven years ago. It’s not a coincidence that my boycott of this tradition began when I suffered from post-partum depression. To a very large degree, my depression was triggered by motherhood not going as planned. The perfect picture I had in my head quickly turned into a tragedy …
When We Were Young
A few days ago my husband and I celebrated our 12th wedding anniversary. It wasn’t so much a celebration as an acknowledgment that we still actually like each other and didn’t mind being married. We’ve been together for almost 20 years and have watched each other grow up. We’ve seen the good, the bad, and …
#TEAMBUNKFISH – Est. 11.13.98
A few days before my wedding, I was packing up my belongings from my Mom’s house to move and I came across my ‘Senior Memory Book’. You know – the one you get when you order your graduation invitations? In the section ‘Where are You in 10 Years’ I had written that I would be …
The Good Wife
I recently came across a post on a social media page about taking your spouse to the altar and praying for them. I didn’t know the poster personally but something about it bothered me. It wasn’t the idea of praying for your spouse; it just made me wonder if the person who posted it was …
When Doves Cry
Yesterday I acted like a spoiled rotten brat. After a great trip with my mom and the kids I came home expecting a clean house and all the laundry done. When it wasn’t, I was a bit miffed. I had made up in my mind that although the hubs foot the bill for the trip …
Husbands and Wives
The other night the hubs told the kids he was doing laundry. Because my daughter notices everything, she quickly asked why. (I’ve been on laundry duty alone for awhile because he’s working 60+ hours a week). I shouted back, “Because that’s what we do”. To which she replied, “Because you’re his wife and he’s your’re …
Better Half
Sometimes I want to tell my husband to shut up. Not because I’m mean or he’s terrible…but because quite often, he drops knowledge that I need to hear but may not want to hear. Or because he’s encouraging me to do something I need to do but don’t want to do. Or because he’s being his highly …
Music to my Ears
Mary J. Blige’s ‘My Life’ was released in November of 1994. I remember when my brother brought it home-for many years he would buy me Mary’s CDs when they hit the stores-I sat and listened to it for hours. As I went through years of teen angst I would turn to that CD, and many …
Cruising Together
For our 10 year anniversary Jacob and I decided we should take a trip…alone. It isn’t our first long trip without the kids and it definitely won’t be our last. Why? Because marriage is hard, and takes work, and when you add kids to the equation it gets harder. Statistically, the odds aren’t necessarily forever …