Before we launch into today’s Marriage Monday post, I want to extend a warm welcome to our Focus on the Family listeners who are just joining us today for the first time. Come look around and be encouraged. If you’d like to receive my daily...
“It’s not the big things that tend to pull a marriage apart, it’s the little things. We need to offer each other grace on a daily...
You know, lately, God’s really been knocking me over with His love. It seems to be a theme that He keeps putting in front of me in the books I read, the conversations I have, and the blogs I read. It seems to be what He whispers to my heart throughout the...
Mark and I have found that in order for us to live with less successfully, we have to surround ourselves with other families who are making similar counter-cultural decisions like we are. One of the places where I find a like-minded community is...
My friend Becky shared this quote with me this week:“My whole life I have been complaining that my work was constantly interrupted, until I discovered the interruptions were my work.” ~~ Henri NouwenWow! If that doesn’t describe...
Last week when when I was reading Thriving Family Magazine, one article title caught my eye: Become Your Spouse’s Publicist. In the book world, a publicist is one who advertises and promotes books. It got me thinking…Do I more often give my...
Two months ago my son and daughter-in-law made a move to Chicago to allow Evan to pursue his dream to be a professional musician. His band, Emerson, is playing a showcase in Nashville, TN, next Tuesday evening: July 27, 2010 at 7pmThe Rutledge410 4th Ave...
“We need to face our fears as mothers not just because it’s good mental health but because our children are...
Two nights ago I hosted a girl’s night out at my house. We kicked the boys out (well, we were nice about it) and ate pizza, talked, played games, talked, made sundaes, talked….you get the picture!Every mom needs a community of women around her who...
I first wrote about our “one car season” in February here. While we borrowed a car for two of the past six months, our “one car season” wasn’t nearly as bad as we feared it would be. We found that we actually enjoyed being together...
