If you are here for the first time, welcome! You’ve come to a place of encouragement, honesty, and authenticity. I believe that being open and honest about both the joys and the struggles in life is an important way that we are real with ourselves and real...
Today I have the privilege to be partnering with Focus on the Family on offering hope for hurting marriages. If you or someone you know is dealing with a stormy season of marriage, you can listen online, and you can also watch a 5 minute video on Love During Hard...
You know me…I believe in honesty. Getting all the cards out on the table. Talking about whatever needs to be talked about. Today the topic is pornography. Mark and I have shared openly in our ABC’s of a Healthy Marriage seminars and in my Is There Really...
This year Mark and I have been reading a wonderful book: How We Love by Milan and Kay Yerkovich. The book has given us great insights into ourselves and each other. Not only that, but it has changed our parenting, as well. One way that it has changed us is that we...
I had lunch with a friend last week who has been going through a hard season of marriage at the same time Mark and I have been navigating our hard season. We are both in marriage counseling and we were sharing what we’ve been learning in this season. My friend...
There was no post yesterday because Nana was on duty with Marie unexpectedly for four days. When I arrived home Thursday night from speaking in Monticello, Erica communicated that she really wanted to make a spontaneous trip to Texas. It was killing her that her hubby...
I had the privilege of contributing to Focus on the Family’s newest books. Each book is a compilation of insight and wisdom. So I’m curious….What’s the best advice you ever got on parenting? What’s the best advice you ever got on...
Today’s guest post is from Laura Petherbridge. Laura is an international author and speaker who serves couples and single adults with topics on relationships, divorce prevention, singleness, and divorce recovery. She is the author of “When ‘I Do’ Becomes ‘I...
Last week we introduced our kids to each other. I thought today would be appropriate to do the same with ourselves and our spouse (if married). Mark and I have spent much of the summer gardening, working in our yard, sitting on our porch , and reading. Outside of the...
Several years ago we decided we needed a break for just the two of us. Once we really started to make definite plans, however, we decided to do something different. We decided to take the money we would have used on a hotel or a bed and breakfast and instead use it to...
Well Wednesday’s post started quite the discussion, didn’t it? If you just read my posts in email form, you might not have seen the 60+ comments on the Fifty Shades of No post I wrote. Most were in agreement, although some struggled with the post. Let me...
Today Mark and I are celebrating our 29th wedding anniversary. To say that today is a special day for us would be an understatement. Today I’m reflecting on God’s grace, hope, truth, and promises. I’m also enjoying a “staycation” with my...
Today’s guest post is from Pam Farrel. Pam and her husband, Bill, are international speakers and bestselling authors of over 35 books including Men Are Like Waffles, Women Are Like Spaghetti. Pam is a special friend of mine…we bonded as we co-wrote the...
So many of you have been praying consistently for my family since my post in February. I am so thankful to be surrounded by people of prayer. I want you to know that your prayers are making a difference. They sustained me during the recent Hearts at Home...
“One of the greatest things a couple can do for their marriage is surround themselves with other happily married couples.” ~Jody Antrim
