Be the One He Wants to Be Around After we win our husbands over and the ring is put on our finger and the "I do's" are said --- the wooing is not over. Marriage is fun, satisfying, and rewarding, but also work, sacrifice, and humbling. Can I get an amen? Our men in the beginning were smitten with us -- twitterpated, you might call it. But what happens as time passes, life goes on, routine settles in, and we get comfortable in our roles, Continue Reading
3 Ways to Be a Healthy and Whole Woman
3 Ways to Be a Healthy and Whole Woman Do you remember the days before you were married and before you had kids? I do. I remember the hours I would spend on hair and make-up, exercising, attending Bible studies, and having fun nights out with friends. It didn't take me long after I had my first baby to see that the days of spending hours on myself were over. I realize now that all those hours were a bit selfish and I really could have spent Continue Reading
A Letter to the Young Bride
Dear Young Bride, Once upon a time, I was a young bride, too. Now, when I say young, I mean only a couple months into being 19 years old. I had never lived on my own, didn't have many bills to speak of, and had only fallen in love with one man...the one I was about to marry. You can see why I get excited when I hear about young people getting married. And I don't mean 25- or 26-year-olds, because that is just not young. I'm talking about the Continue Reading
7 Ways to Embrace and Enjoy Your Sexuality
Honest to goodness, sometimes it seems like sexuality is just too complicated. As married women, we’re bombarded from every direction by conflicting messages and expectations –you’re sexy, you’re not sexy, sex is for you, sex is for your husband, married couples have the best sex, married couples have the worst sex. It’s enough to leave a woman confused and dismayed. Add in the libido-suppressing effects of busyness, fatigue, and everyday stress, Continue Reading
Are You Ignoring the Thorns in Your Marriage?
When I was a little girl I got a thorn in my ankle. It hurt so badly, but I was even more afraid of having it removed, so I ignored it and didn't tell anybody. You can imagine what happened after that. Yup. It got infected. Removing it was even MORE painful because of the infection. Sometimes we are tempted to ignore the thorns in our marriage, but that is a mistake. There are some minor things that we ignore in order to have a smoother Continue Reading