Tag: marriage
What Romance Novels Got Wrong
Romance novels like 50 Shades, Crossfire, After, even the Twilight series got it all wrong. Poor innocent clumsy girl needs saving from a successful, often...
Relationships: Good at Fighting
I don’t want to brag, but I’m a pretty epic fighter. Master manipulator. Stoic stonewaller. Jedi justifier. Couples having a hard time in quarantine?...
The Air Fryer Saved My Marriage
Have you ever tasted something so glorious you knew there had to be a fabulous story behind it?
That’s how I feel every single time...
Communicating with Your Spouse
We have been married 10+ years, and I still find myself fighting sometimes for my husband to talk to me after a disagreement. I...
Connecting With Your Spouse When Date Nights are Hard to Come...
With Valentine’s Day coming up, I get caught up in all the feels of celebrating with my love. I know many people believe it’s...
Sharing the Mental Load
We're all aware of the mental load -- the mass of stuff that occupies that once peaceful space in a mother’s mind as soon...
Married to My Hero
You only need to meet me for 5 minutes before you are likely to hear two things:
I have met Taylor Swift (Let me...
Just Take the Trip
My husband and I recently returned from a week long vacation abroad just the two of us. If you’re anything like me, then the...
Love is in the Lists
If you are anything like me, life begins to get in the way of all things important. You start to discover without even realizing...
The Love Language Struggle
When I was first introduced the the idea of love languages I assumed it was some book that old married couples read to figure...
We Had the Kids… Now Let’s Revisit Our Marriage
Believe me, I'm no expert on marriage. In fact, I'm working extremely hard on marriage number two to ensure that we don't become an...
Surviving Year 7
My husband and I are about to pass the eight year mark in our marriage. Several months ago, the thought of actually making it...
My Vulnerable Marriage
It only took about 20 minutes into my first session for my therapist to say the words I had unknowingly been waiting to hear....
When the Fun Couple Becomes the Not So Fun Couple
I was 33 years old when I had my first child and my husband was 37. It was maybe not a conscious decision to...
Managing A Marriage with A Traveling Husband
Most people don’t laugh when I tell them that my marriage only works because my husband is hardly ever home. But I don’t say...
