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3 Ways to Fight for Your Marriage When You’re Tempted to Throw in the Towel

"People were placing bets at our wedding. Nobody thought we had a chance."

How to Deal With a Lying Husband and Get a Better Marriage

"I can still remember vividly the look on my husband’s face as regretful tears fell and he lay broken before me."

One Year After “I Do,” Husband Realizes Why Marriage Isn’t for Him

They met when they were 15 and were best friends for 10 years—but after being married just 1 year, the truth hit him HARD.

Michelle Lindsey

Michelle Lindsey is a Jesus-loving wife of more than two decades and a homeschooling mom of four who blogs about what happens when romance meets reality (with her adult daughter!) at Nitty Gritty Love. You can find more Nitty Gritty Love on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Instagram.

Dear Husband, Don’t Complain That Your Marriage Sucks if You’re Not Doing This for Your Wife

"While you are not her Savior, she has one knight in shining armor with skin on in this world. You."

What My Husband Doesn’t Know About My Anxiety: “I’m Planning My Own Funeral in My Mind”

"Anxiety writes a bad ending to every story. Nobody lives happily ever after, and everyone ends up surrounded by death and destruction."

The Real Root of Fear: “Anxiety Is Always the Sign of the Collapse of a False God”

"This is the thing. I most fear in areas that I have allowed to become unbalanced. In areas I have placed over God. Marriage, health, security."

What It Really Means When Your Husband Doesn’t Give You Butterflies Anymore

"Put your head down and your feet forward and fail at loving well with the one next to you. Forgive, and keep walking."

Faith Over Fear: 5 Promises From God

"God knew we were going to be running around freaking out a good majority of our lives. He tells us what to do instead."

To My Married Daughter: Don’t Blink

"On your wedding day, I felt so torn... I knew I couldn’t stop you from beginning your own journey. I let you go, and I thought of the people who told me not to blink. And you drove away."

A Prayer for When Your Marriage Is Hurting

"You were there in the beginning, when we were starry-eyed and hope-filled, and You are here now, when our heads are bent, and souls ache from the pain of it all."

An Open Letter to the Woman Who Regrets Her Abortion

"I sit here, at my keyboard with tears streaming. I have lost sleep for you."