It's Tuesday evening at 6 p.m. I'm stirring the pot of chili when I see my husband drive up the driveway. Big old work truck crawling over mud puddles, and dodging bicycles. Thank goodness. He's home.
I was just drying...
So, a marketing director marries a chicken farmer . . .
It's not the start to some off-color joke. (Or is it?) It's not the script for the Green Acres reboot. It's my life. Our life. Eight years ago this month,...
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 wish I could say that I'm a model wife who loves her husband and who is in love with her husband every day, but I am far from that ideal. Before getting married, I assumed that love for...
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...
One of the greatest gifts you can give to your children is intentionally spending time with your spouse. It connects you, gets you on the same page, and gives you time to remember why you love each other and...
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....
I know my anniversary is next Monday kind of like you know you have a dentist appointment coming up soon. The date sounds vaguely familiar and I know I'm supposed to be doing something that day, but there's no...
"Let's Talk About Sex, Baby"
Periodically, my mind drifts back to those early days of dating my husband. I'm amazed at just how easily and naturally physical intimacy came to us. I swear, it was like Krispy Kreme -- the...
What is it, anyway?
My husband and I are just one month away from our seventh year anniversary of marriage. I've heard people speak of this "seven-year itch" that is somewhat common around this time. The other day I decided...
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One Easy Tip for Sustainability :: Thrift Stores in Birmingham
Summer is approaching and lots of us are looking for ways to improve ourselves and our family. For many of us that includes taking...
