[youtube id="KDi4hBWsvkY"] A little something to warm your heart and remind you of enduring love. … [Read more...]
Marriage is Hard
Love is the easy part. Love you don't need a reminder about when sitting across a dinner party table and one stolen, silent glance could fill the room with words. Or when your hands find each other in the middle of the night and stay there until both fall back asleep. Dealing with the meal time … [Read more...]
Same old, same old – thoughts on long marriages
I heard a woman say the most amazing thing about the key to a long marriage the other day. "If I spent the rest of my life backpacking through Africa, I would still have so much to discover" Joy Williams This from a new song she recorded called Same Old Same Old~ ‘Same Old Same Old,’ to me, … [Read more...]
Date night: Eat all the things
Last night we had planned to go to a movie; by planned, of course, I mean we reserved the date and asked my parents to babysit, thinking we'd go to a movie close to where they live and then pick the toddler up on the way home. Of course, it could not be that simple - no (good) movies were showing … [Read more...]
words for wednesday- leaning against the wrong wall
For all of us who may have pursued the wrong person, the wrong career, the wrong promotion, the wrong lifestyle, the wrong degree, the wrong idea of happiness, the wrong marriage- this really spoke to me. "We get to the top of the ladder and realize it is leaning against the wrong wall" And … [Read more...]
Hog Wild
Marriage is hard. Rather, marriage is hard when life gets in the way of it. When Steve and I were in Hawaii, just the two of us (for the first time in eight years) we were so happy, so blissful, so in love. But that's not reality, walking down the white-sand beach with a pina colada in hand with no … [Read more...]
do you date your husband?
People always ask me if I hate dating. I can't bring myself to hate anything that I must do so I choose to love it. Even when it is hard. A great date makes me think of how it would be so good to do often in a marriage (yes I did this - obviously it does not fix everything but I still … [Read more...]
registered EMOTIONAL savings plan (RESP)
Sometimes women say "it is all about my kids" and they live and breathe for only them. Here is the thing- while I love my children so much it almost breaks my heart- I have only them right now- ok ok I also have more wonderful friends than I even have time to see, an amazing and supportive and … [Read more...]
I found my heart
I was walking on the beach last week and I found my heart. There it was lying in the sand. The waves had pushed it up right in front of my path. It looked up at me as I practically tripped over it It was folded in half like a kindergarten Valentine It was a little closed, a little battered … [Read more...]
words for wednesday-the first time
"When was the last time you did something for the first time?" this was the tag line of an Asian airline and became a challenge of a happily married couple for their life together. I love this. … [Read more...]