A couple weeks ago this little guy turned two months old. I cannot believe that two months have gone by this fast. It is funny to hear myself say that. In the beginning all the days and nights ran together and I thought that I would never get a good night of sleep again. Honestly. We ...
Marriage, according to A Slightly Better Wife
Growing Again
If you've noticed the posts have been a little sporadic around here, it's because I've spent the past 7 months growing a new little blessing inside of me, and really folks, it has been down right exhausting at times. As much as I want to focus only on the good, and not complain, I've got to tell ...
Married Life: When It Gets Messy and Hard
If I'm being honest, 'married life' is messy and hard. Life with real friends can also be this way. The people who speak the truth in love can offend us (or down right tick us off) easily, without even trying. Often times they're just trying to help, except it doesn't feel like help, it feels ...
New Book Suggestion: No More Perfect Marriages
"If we don’t intentionally move towards one another in marriage, we will naturally move apart." -Jill Savage WOW! Just let that sink in for a minute, would you? This is a quote I read in an e-mail from Jill Savage. I know you've probably heard me talk here or in my videos about Jill before. It's ...
WIFE TIP: Do it Yourself
Being a homeowner can have its challenges. Something always needs cleaned, repaired, or put away. Now, in theory, being a married homeowner means you aren’t expected to carry all the weight alone, right? So if the burdens can be split in half, managing a home shouldn’t seem so ...
Dear Debbie
I just read thee very best blog post! I shared it on my Facebook Page, but I wanted to share a link to it here too. It's written by Debbie Wilkins Baisden, and titled Stop Being a Butthole Wife. Her words and perspective really hit home. Dear Debbie, Thank you for telling it like it ...
Mr. Awesome Teaches Preschool, Post Christmas Normal, and Other Ramblings
It's 2 days post Christmas. We had our last Christmas celebration of the year here yesterday. The decorations are off the tree, the stockings have been stored away, and we're getting things back to "normal". My husband works hard all year long, and takes a few extra days off around this time ...
Craving Calm
A Highlight From My Day: When Mr. Awesome came home from work we all sat around the table eating pistachios and coloring for the bank's coloring contest (even though I'm pretty sure the kids won't be finished in time to turn them in by tomorrow's deadline, it was still fun). The kitchen needed ...
Making Time for Him
You can read a lot about being intentional with your children. You can read a lot about the importance of devotional time and time spent in prayer. But you know what I think there isn’t enough info about? Intentional time with your husband. As wives and mothers we can get so busy ...
Our Adoption Story: We are His, and He isn’t finished with us yet.
For years I have wanted to articulate our adoption story on this blog. I’ve wanted to present it in a way that is respectful to my husband, and respectful of his past. I’ve wanted to share it in a way that would never waiver or damper the cheer and love our daughter expresses on a daily ...
Serve Your Spouse Well
Let us not love with words or tongue, but with actions and in truth. 1 John 3:18 It’s been a long day. The little ones are *finally* asleep and I’m sitting on the couch eating ice cream, clearly thinking only of myself and what a day I’ve had. There he is, my dear sweet husband. ...
Celebrate Absolutely Everything
Someone once told me "You guys celebrate everything!" At first I took it offensively, thinking we were being too frivolous or something. I mean, we probably were. Then I realized it was most likely a harmless comment that I instead chose to interpret as "Man, those people know how to always ...
12 Years Ago Today
12 years ago today I met this boy, and soon after he made me a wife and a momma. Man, we were just babies back then! We had no idea how incredibly hard life was going to be; how we'd have to lay his mom to rest after her battle with cancer, how many other funerals we'd attend, how many ...
Looking Through Glass is Tricky, Isn’t It?
Have you ever watched someone out a window and guessed what they’re doing or saying only to find out you’re completely wrong? Ugh, I sure have! Last fall I walked by our sliding door that looks out into the backyard. I knew my husband was weeding the garden and my son was playing with his ...
My 30th Birthday Recap
What a great day! And not because we did anything spectacular for my 30th, but because we spent it together. I’m a celebrate absolutely EVERYTHING kinda gal, and I always chose to celebrate BIG. For some reason lately, I’ve found myself praying that I’d learned how to slow down. I’m learning ...
Marriage: I Want You To Keep Fighting
Friends, I'm praying that if you're feeling like your relationship is falling apart, as I honestly sometimes do too, you would take comfort in the lyrics of the song “Broken Together”. Go ahead; listen to this while you read. Please know that Jesus' hands are not just for comfort, but also for ...
Marriage: 2 Tips for Productive Communication
Dear Wives, We’ve all been there, haven’t we? That place in a conversation where we keep repeating ourselves and nothing is getting accomplished. The same conversation seems to drag on for days, possibly even weeks. Oh goodness, has it really been weeks? Yes. It has. Mr. Awesome and I ...
Jesus Heals Brokenness
Brokenness. So I busted the lid of my slow cooker tonight. I was putting a dish away with the shelf pulled out and another dish fell behind down onto the crock pot lid, shattering it. Glass was in the cupboard and splattered around the floor and I couldn't help but think, "this stinks" & a ...
Be a Wife, Then a Mom
I work so hard to be a great mom; especially as a homeschool mom. I spend hours researching curriculum, getting to know my children, their learning styles, their interests and so on. We are home all day together; we spend the most time together. We sit and read books together, we go on mini-trips ...
Survival Mode
Today’s writing prompt from The Daily Post is on “Survival”. I have had my fair share of survival moments in my adult life, but today I don’t feel like going deep. Today I’m going to admit that I have unnecessarily thrown my emotions into survival mode and as a result I have been a pretty crappy ...