Love + Marriage

My husband and I are approaching our 17th wedding anniversary. I really am not great at math, but to me, that sounds like a really long time. We got married way back in 2004. (We actually have a VHS...

If you’re anything like me, you grew up watching all the Disney fairy tales. My favorite was Sleeping Beauty and my five-year-old self swooned over Prince Phillip. I loved how he valiantly fought Maleficent for the woman he loved....

When my husband and I bought our first home together, we had been married for only a few months. One of the mortgage team members handed us a book at our closing as a gift: The Five Love Languages...

Why, oh why, do little kids wake up so early?! I know, I know, the real answer is something about circadian rhythms and all that, but it was actually a rhetorical question. Before we had kids, my husband and I...

I know you probably wondered about the kind of woman I would be to your son. As a mom myself, I totally get it. A young, single mom to a little girl swoops into your (even younger) son’s life...

I wasn’t planning on it, but yes, I watched my husband’s vasectomy. It happened quickly; they called him back to the room where he would have his procedure, and I asked if I could come along. Why did I...

I will never forget those first few years of marriage when people would sweetly ask, “Aww, how long have you two been married?!” We’d answer them–one year, two, three, four–and they would respond all starry-eyed, “Well, you’re still newlyweds!”...

As Heart Month rolls around this February, I reflected back on my past Birmingham Moms Blog posts to mark this special month in our home. First I wrote about the shocking diagnosis and raising awareness. Then I wrote about freeing myself...

For two years now, I have been a stay-at-home mom. As rewarding and fulfilling as it is to care for my kids, I inevitably have commitments come up that require my husband to watch them. When this occurs, it...

Sometimes I wonder what life was like before we had children. Was it boring? Probably not, just a lot quieter. What I've found is that in the midst of carpool, late nights coming home from church, work events, and...