My friend, Erica McNeal, is our special guest today; she is the author of Good Grief!: How to Create an Oasis When Life is A Desert. What an incredible journey the Lord has given Erica in this world! If there is anyone who understands Hope for Hurting Hearts, she is…
According to Gary Chapman’s book, The Five Love Languages, one of the primary love languages is affirmation. Simply giving the gift of words to affirm your spouse is that huge! Even if your husband leans more towards another primary means of communicating love, there is not a man on earth…
How strange that marriage might be considered to “interfere” with friendship. Yet my husband and I once observed an elderly couple in a restaurant. They came in, sat down, ordered, and ate an entire meal without saying one word to each other. Meanwhile, the two of us sat chatting…
We all want the happily ever after, but we often think it happens naturally. I suppose I could get on my high horse (whatever that means) and preach a sermon here about reviving marriages by changing a wicked, hateful attitude to a sweet, endearing one. But honestly, it’s not that…
About six years ago, the first time I began to pray for my awesome husband every day was when I read Stormie Omartian’s book, The Power of a Praying Wife. The “Power of a Praying” book series transformed my prayer life in many ways, but the most specific change I…
My wonderful friend, Unveiled Wife, has a gorgeous and practical blog on marriage encouragement. She graciously gave my hubby and me the privilege of posting a little of our story, coupled with a bit of marriage grace and advice on her site today! I hope you will head over to…
I sheepishly asked my husband a couple weeks ago: Do you think people will read marriage advice from a divorced person? My line of thought was that perhaps the mistake nullifies your credibility. But my wise husband said the opposite: Yes. I believe people realize that through that experience, if…
In the last few weeks as the half marathon training time has increased, the question keeps coming up: “How do you do that?” Years ago, when my husband ran his first marathon at age 40, I was in total awe of him. Cheering him on was tons of fun and…
Can I just begin by telling you that I have one awesome husband who loves God, his family and lives like it? And with that, can I tell you that with all my duties, interests, God-given responsibilities and ummmm, laundry, sometimes…well, way too often, my husband gets placed on… the…
I was thinking of writing a letter to my husband for Valentine’s Day. The letter would be lovey and sweet, proclaiming all the things in my heart for him and feeling free enough to shout it out to the world. After all, we have such fun together and our family…
In January 2008, I had this wild idea to run with my husband. News flash, People: Just because you are thin doesn’t mean you are IN SHAPE! So run I did. I stunk at it, but I did it. On April 26, 2008, Matt and I ran the Country Music…
I really think the most unforgettable line in “Princess Bride” is when the minister is droning on and on and finally says in an uptone swing “Wuv…twue wuv….” So how about your twue wuv? Why am I bringing this up now? Valentine’s Day is not for another month. And that’s…
