Tag: marriage

"What would you say to someone who has ‘fallen out of love’ with their spouse?"

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

When your relationship with your husband is soaring and you want it to stay that way, ask yourself, “What can I do for him?” When your relationship is plummeting and you’re desperate for a foothold, ask yourself, “What can I do for him?”

"We can treat sex far too seriously, and give it a position it doesn’t deserve. It’s okay to laugh, especially when you’re naked."

"I don’t pray my will over my husband, but God’s will for him."

"Days after his funeral, I stared at our dirty clothes basket that sat atop our dryer, knowing his clothes were inside. I sighed so deeply. Before me was the last load of laundry I would ever wash for that sweet man. "

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

"I was, admittedly, nervous that having a child might throw some of that off-kilter—that, perhaps, adding another human being in the mix might strain our connection and closeness. And you know what? It did."