“I was young and pregnant by a guy I’d only known a few months. I remember crawling into bed between my parents one night, about three weeks before my wedding, and begging them both, “Please don’t make me marry him. I don’t want to get married. I don’t want to marry him,” and my mother patting my [...]
Posts Tagged ‘marriage’
19 and Married!?!
Posted in Memory Lane, Thoughts, tagged dating, intentional living, marriage, purity, relationship, training on 12/19/2010 | Leave a Comment »
Dear R, I feel honored that you have asked for my thoughts! I hope they will be a blessing to you and your wife and son and his girlfriend. Short answer: If I had to do it over, I would still get married at 19. Longer answer: After seven years of marriage and many years of watching friends date, [...]
One Moment, One Thank You, One I Love You at a Time
Posted in My Love, tagged children, emotion, holidays, love, marriage on 06/25/2010 | 3 Comments »
My husband is not a crier. He cried at our wedding, at the births of our children, when his grandfather died and on a handful of occasions in between. And that’s about it. In general- not a crier. So when the Father’s Day card, that I gave him on Sunday, caused his eyes to well up, [...]
Last Week’s Lessons
Posted in Miss List, tagged community, exercise, health, homemaking, hospitality, journaling, laundry, marriage, quiet time, relationship, sex, workout on 03/10/2010 | 2 Comments »
This is the list of goals that I handed to a friend, Sunday night of last week, before asking her to keep me accountable to them: 1) Be out of bed before 7 a.m. Mon-Fri 2) Workout in the a.m. at least 5 days this week 3) Keep a daily food journal 4) Drink at least 64oz of [...]
